lath /läth/

1. A thin strip of wood
2. A substitute for such a strip, used in slating, plastering, etc
3. Anything long and thin

To cover with laths

lathen /läthˈən/ adjective

lathˈing noun

1. The act or process of covering with laths
2. A covering of laths

lathˈlike adjective

lathˈy adjective

Like a lath

lathˈ-splitter noun

Someone who splits wood into laths

dagger of lath

The Vice's weapon in the old morality plays

lathe¹ /lādh/

1. A machine for turning and shaping articles of wood, metal, etc
2. The swing-frame of a loom carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft

To cut or shape with a lathe

capstan lathe and turret lathe see under capstan and turret¹respectively.

• war paint
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• warp drive
• warp drives
• warped
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• warping
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• war-proof
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• warragal
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• warrandice
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• warrant
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