[leyth] 
noun, verb, lathed, lath⋅ing.| 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. |
| 2. | to cut, shape, or otherwise treat on a lathe. |
| lathe (lāth) n. A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing a fixed cutting or abrading tool against it. tr.v. lathed, lath·ing, lathes To cut or shape on a lathe. [Middle English, a device used by coopers, perhaps a turning lathe, probably of Scandinavian origin.] |