lath

t. (LATH (1), s.] To cover or line with laths. "A small kiln consists of an oaken frame, lathed on every side." -Mortimer : Husbandry. lathe (2), *lath (3), s . [Icel. lodh , gen. sing. & nom. pl. ladhar ; Dan. lad . Perhaps connected with Icel. hladhr =to load.] 1. A machine for turning and polishing flat, round, cylindrical, or other shaped pieces of wood, ivory, metal, ., in which the object revolves while it is shaped or polished by a tool applied to it. Lathes are of various kinds, and known by various names, according to the construction, mode of driving, . [] The parts of the lathe are: The bed, shears, cheeks, sides, on which the puppets, which orm the head-stock and tail-stock, slide. The mandrel, or live spindle of the live head, and on which is the speed-pulley; the centers on the live or front spindle, and the dead or back spindle, respectively, on which the work is turned; the fly-wheel (of a of silvery color, occurring in the Nile. It was known to the ancients, who prized it for food.