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A tool similar to a hatchet, used for cutting and dressing roofing slates.

An instrument used by slaters for cutting and dressing slates; a kind of hatchet with a sharp point on the pole for perforating the slate to receive the nail or pin.

A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.

A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.