[leɪð], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a machine for shaping wood, metal, or other material by means of a rotating drive which turns the piece being worked on against changeable cutting tools


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Origin:
Middle English: probably from Old Danish lad ‘structure, frame’, perhaps from Old Norse hlath ‘pile, heap’, related to hlatha (see lade)

[leɪð], (Verb)

Definitions:
- shape with a lathe
(e.g: I have lathed metal in a machine shop)


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Origin:
Middle English: probably from Old Danish lad ‘structure, frame’, perhaps from Old Norse hlath ‘pile, heap’, related to hlatha (see lade)