Possessives

• business: It used lorries operated by the firemaster in his slater's business.

Noun used with modifier

• sea: These are sea slaters, and to find them on dry day you need to peer into likely nooks and crannies.

• master: On leaving school in 1953 David Ellis took up an apprenticeship in slating at Collyweston with the master slater and quarry owner J.J Harrod.

• water: Their main food source is freshwater shrimps, water slaters and caddis larvae which they obtain by diving and hunting underwater.

• roof: Jim Chettle wielded a tile nail remover for use by a roof slater.