3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lathe \Lathe\, n. [AS. l[=ae][eth]. Of uncertain origin.]
Formerly, a part or division of a county among the
Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five
hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [Written
also {lath}.] --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lathe \Lathe\, n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest,
Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf also Icel.
l["o][eth] a smith's lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the
same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning being a
frame to hold something If so the word is from an older
form of E. lade to load. See {Lade} to load.]
1. A granary; a barn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. (Mach.) A machine for turning, that is for shaping
articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing
them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lathe
n : a machine for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns
about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
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