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Word: Lathe
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: probably from Old Danish lad ‘structure, frame’, perhaps from Old Norse hlath ‘pile, heap’, related to hlatha (see lade)
leɪð
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.
Short Definition:machine for shaping wood, metal, or other material by means of rotating drive which turns piece being worked on against changeable cutting tools
Word: Lathe
Speech Type: Verb
leɪð
shape with a lathe
Short Definition:shape with lathe
Examples:- I have lathed metal in a machine shop
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