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Meaning
Verb
●
In British English:
To
invite
;
bid
; ask.
●
To
shape
with a lathe.
●
In Computer graphics:
To
produce
a
three-dimensional
model by
rotating
a set of
points
around a
fixed
axis.
Noun
●
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.
●
In Woodworking:
A
machine tool
used to
shape
a
piece
of
material
, or
workpiece
, by
rotating
the
workpiece
against a
cutting
tool
.
●
In Weaving:
The
movable
swing
frame
of a
loom
,
carrying
the
reed
for
separating
the
warp
threads
and
beating up
the
weft
; a
lay
, or batten.
●
A
granary
; a barn.
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Origin
lathe
English
lathen
Middle English (1100-1500)
laþian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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More
Rhymes
Rathe
Wathe
Lathe
Bathe
Swathe
Spathe
Snathe
Flathe
Scathe
Stathe
Enswathe
Beswathe
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