lathe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lathe	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lathe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lathe n machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lathe \Lathe\, n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hla[edh]a a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. l[94][edh] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lathe \Lathe\, n. [AS. l[aemac][edh]. 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.