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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LATHE, n.
An engine by which instruments of wood, ivory, metals and other materials, are turned and cut into a smooth round form.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably from Middle English lath supporting stand Date: 1611 a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool II. transitive verb (lathed; lathing) Date: circa 1903 to cut or shape with a lathe

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a machine for shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a rotating drive which turns the piece being worked on against changeable cutting tools. Etymology: prob. rel. to ODa. lad structure, frame, f. ON hlath, rel. to hlatha LADE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lathes) A lathe is a machine which is used for shaping wood or metal. N-COUNT

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