Middle English Dictionary Entry
sclat n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sclat n. Also sklat, slat(te & (errors) salt, flat, skalt, saklat; pl. sclattes, etc. & sclat. |
| Etymology | From OF esclat a splinter, chip; cp. AL sclatta, slatta, vars. of sclata. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sclāte n.. sclāte n. (modern English slate) and sclat n. (modern English slat) are semantically and in many cases formally indistinguishable, and some quotes belonging to one word may have been cited under the other.
1.
(a) A tile or slate used principally for roofing; (b) a metal plate or tile; (c) roofing slate in bulk; (d) ~ pin, a pin or peg for fastening roof tiles or slates; ~ ston, a roofing slate or roofing tile; also, roofing slate in bulk.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.5.7,8 : Namore ȝe schall ȝeue chaff to þe puple, þat sclattis [vr. tiles; WB(2): tijl stoonys; L lateres] ben made as before..& þe mesour of sclattis þat þei before maden, ȝe schullen putten vpon hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.9.10 : Sclattis fillen, but with square stones we shul bilden vp.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 5.19 : Thei, not fyndinge in what part thei schulde bere him yn..stiȝeden vp on the rof, and by the sclattis thei senten him doun with the bed in to the myddil, byfore Jhesu.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)78/278 : Þe clay of Egipte was touȝ..þe sclattes weren harde to be vndo, for þey were bake wiþ þe fier of coueytise and wiþ þe liȝe of lustis.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.87 : [Robert had 500] sclattes [worth 20 d.].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)231b/b : Mastix..sowdeþ..togideres..alle broken þinges..if it is y-melt on an hot tyle oþer sclat [L tegulam].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250b/b : Roof trees hatte tigna and..haþ þat name tigna of tegendo, hylyinge, oþer of tegula, slatte oþer schyngul, oþer laþþes; ffor he holde vppe helynge sclattis, schyngeles and laþþes..The rafteres..ben ycharged wiþoute wiþ sclatte and Tyle, or wiþ strawe and þacche.
- (1412-13) Acc.Abingdon in Camd.n.s.5176 : In ij Ml. sclat emptis pro eodem vltra staurum, xiij s.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)64b/b : Tegula: a tyle or a sclat.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)449 : Sklat, or slat stone: Latericia, ymbrex.
- (1443-6) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum358 : Empt' de Johe Benet pro ij carect' de Sclattis, x s.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum15 : Of j lode of sclattes of new y bought, vij s.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.55 : He unheled chirches roves and coppes þat were i-heled wiþ slattes [Higd.(2): plates; L tegulis] of bras and took awey þe slattes.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.224 : [6 platters of silver] slattz [marked with the arms of the constable].
c
- [ (1307) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.ii : Item, undecim millia..de quarrera de humlay praeter sclattam existentem in Curia. ]
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.77 : [A quantity of] sclat [in a building].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)18362 : Thei caste al doun thes worthi wones, Led & tyle, sclat & stones.
d
- (1361-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100385 : In coopertura domus in cimiterio, cum calce, lattes, et sclatstan.
- (1378-9) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.172 : Item, j homini carianti slatstan.
- (1391-2) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81108 : In cc skaltstanes emp. pro emendacione j cameræ.
- (1412-13) Acc.Abingdon in Camd.n.s.5176 : In sclatpynnes emptis, xx d.
- (1422-3) in Whitaker Hist.Whalley 1352 : Pro baterynges..sclatstone.
- (1431-4) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7830 : De ix d. in iii millibus de slatpynnes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)458 : Slat stone, idem quod sclat: Ymbrex.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6081 : Of new Sclatstones be hynde the hall in the orcherd be estimacion cc.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7887 : Item, pro saklat pinnys, i d.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)107/8 : Tak and brenne sneylis on a sklat-ston, and tak powder and ley to þyn eyen whan þou gost to bedde.
2.
(a) The stone, slate; (b) ~ cens (encens), .?incense containing ground slate as an ingredient.
Associated quotations
- (1302-3) Sacrist R.Ely 217 : Pro petra sclat, & £6 15 s.
- (1345-6) Sacrist R.Ely 2133 : In xxxiiij libris de slatt. pro incens. empt., 5 s. 8 d.
- (1351-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99120 : x Ml. petr. quarrere de Sclat empt. apud Essh.
b
- ?a1400 *Albi Reynolds 5081 Recipes (Albi Reynolds 5081)f.19v : [T]ak .i. potell' of oyle de olyve & to þat .i. vnce of frankencense; of mirre .i. vnce; of Galbanum .i. vnce; of mastice .i. vnce; of sclat encence .ii. li' & di'.
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 132/27 : Forto make gold colour. Take þe .j. li. of sklatte sens, and di. li. of eluueapatik, and a quarte of di. of oyle of lynesde, [etc.].
3.
A tablet of slate used for writing.
Associated quotations
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)30/2 : Sek medius motus of saturnus, Juppiter, mars, & venus..& writ hem in thy sklat.
- a1400 *?Chaucer Astr.Suppl.(StJ-C E.2:Reidy)44.4 : Slat [vr. flat; Dgb:Robinson: consider thy rote..and enter hit into thy slate].
- a1400 *?Chaucer Astr.Suppl.(StJ-C E.2:Reidy)44.20 : Salt [vr. slatte; Dgb:Robinson: that thou findest..in thy slate under thy rote].
- ?c1450(?c1390) ?Chaucer Merc.B.(Benson-Robinson)34 : Love hath my name ystrike out of his sclat.