Bible Dictionaries
Lathe

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) A granary; a barn.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lathe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lathe.html. 1828.