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lathe
/leɪð/
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What does lathe mean?
verb
- To invite; bid; ask.
noun
- A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
- The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To shape with a lathe.
- To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.
noun
- (obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
- (obsolete) A granary; a barn.
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IPA pronunciation
/leɪð/
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Correll, who was well fitted out with a lathe and all the requirements for instrument-making, attended to repairs, doing splendid service.
In turning a piece of work on the old-fashioned lathe, the workman applied and guided his tool by means of muscular strength.
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When the weather was cold or wet ,he took refuge with his lathe and tools, and there I followed and watched him.
He rented a room in the top floor of an office building, bought a cot and an oil-stove, a foot lathe, and some tools.
When Princess Mary went to him at the usual hour he was working at his lathe and, as usual, did not look round at her.