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Definition of: lathe
(lāth) noun
1. A machine for shaping articles in which an object is mounted and rotated, while a tool is thrust against the work, shaping it down, usually to some circular form.
2. In a loom, the swinging beam which beats up the weft.
3. A potter's wheel.
—v.t. lathed, lath·ing To form or shape on a lathe. [Prob. <MDu. lade]
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