slatish, a.
(ˈsleɪtɪʃ)
[f. slate n.1 + -ish.]
Somewhat resembling the colour of slate.
| 1860 Wraxall Life in Sea i. 11 The colour of the back is slatish grey with white spots. 1884 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 703/2 The musk-rat is..of a slatish-blue colour. 1887 Clark Russell Frozen Pirate I. ix. 134 The clouds..had taken a slatish tinge. |