Definition of "lathe"
- verb
To invite; bid; ask.
To shape with a lathe.
To produce a 3D 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.
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.
A granary; a barn.
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