shale
noun
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
shaley
-
a word derived from
shale.
Example Sentences
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The pits are huge, circular, moonscape scars in the earth with shaley slopes that dump runoff water into green crater lakes where no plant dares grow and no bird dares swim.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2012
Back we go, avalanching rocks as we scramble up the shaley streambed and arrive at the embankment where we had seen an ear of corn.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
But humans being what they are, and I being human, I turned off the highway on a shaley road and headed in among the buttes, but with a shyness as though I crashed a party.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
"I have them all, only one," shouted Eugene as he jumped ashore, and came scrambling up the steep slants and shaley ledges of the cliff.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
“Look here,” I said, kicking at the flooring and loosening a shaley piece of stone about as big as my hand; “I’ll throw this down.”
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn
