| Lathe 1. (n.) 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. 2. (n.) A granary; a barn. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. Thesaurus Entries T square, alembic, anvil, awl, bale breaker, bar, battering ram, bevel, bevel square, bodkin, bradawl, buffer, caldron, calipers, cant hook, caulking iron, center punch, crowbar, crucible, dibble, dividers, edger, electric sander, electric soldering iron, engine, file, flail, forceps, fork, grapnel, grappling iron, grease gun, grindstone, hawk, hook, jack, jackscrew, jointer, level, machine, melting pot, miter box, mortar, motor, nail file, nail puller, palette knife, peavey, pincers, pinch bar, pitchfork, planer, pliers, puller, punch, punch pliers, puncheon, putty knife, ram, rammer, ramrod, retort, ripping bar, screwdriver, shaper, soldering iron, spatula, square, stapler, tackle, tamp, tamper, tamping pick, tap, test tube, tire iron, tire tool, tongs, transducer, transformer, tweezers, vise, wrecking bar |