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[leyth] Origin

lathe

[leyth] noun, verb, lathed, lath·ing.
noun
1.
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cut, shape, or otherwise treat on a lathe.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English: frame, stand, lathe; compare Old Norse hlath stack (see lade), Danish -lad in væverlad weaver's batten, savelad saw bench

lath, lathe.
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lathe1 (leɪð)
 
n
1.  a machine for shaping, boring, facing, or cutting a screw thread in metal, wood, etc, in which the workpiece is turned about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
 
vb
2.  (tr) to shape, bore, or cut a screw thread in or on (a workpiece) on a lathe
 
[perhaps C15 lath a support, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Danish lad lathe, Old English hlæd heap]

lathe2 (leɪð)
 
n
(Brit) history any of the former administrative divisions of Kent
 
[Old English læth district]

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lathe
"machine for turning," 1310, probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Dan. drejelad "turning-lathe," O.N. hlaða "pile of shavings under a lathe," related to hlaða "to load, lade.")
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