LATHE

lathe

(noun) machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

lathe (third-person singular simple present lathes, present participle lathing, simple past and past participle lathed)

(transitive, UK dialectal) To invite; bid; ask.

Etymology 2

Noun

lathe (plural lathes)

(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.

Etymology 3

Noun

lathe (plural lathes)

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; a lay, or batten.

(obsolete) A granary; a barn.

Verb

lathe (third-person singular simple present lathes, present participle lathing, simple past and past participle lathed)

To shape with a lathe.

(computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

Anagrams

• Leath, athel, ethal, hatel

Source: Wiktionary

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Lathe, n. Etym: [AS.læedh. Of. uncertain origin.]

Definition: 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.

Lathe, n. Etym: [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hlaedha a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. löedh 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.)

Definition: 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.

3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.

– Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.

– Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.

– Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.

– Geometric lathe. See under Geometric -- Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.

– Slide lathe, an engine lathe.

– Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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