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lathe

) KEY

NOUN:

A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing against a fixed cutting or abrading tool.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
lathed , lath·ing , lathes

To cut or shape on a lathe.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, a device used by coopers, perhaps a turning lathe, probably of Scandinavian origin

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