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lathed

  • past participle
    of lath.
    lath
    noun
    a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
  • past participle
    of lathe.
    lathe
    noun
    a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
  • past tense form
    of lath.
    lath
    noun
    a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
  • past tense form
    of lathe.
    lathe
    noun
    a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.

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The crucible was lathed out of a solid block of graphite, a form of carbon which conducts electricity well.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a smell of lubrication and lathed brass.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Though it might have been better business for the shop if I'd found her a crumbling ruin here, than lathed and plastered in this fashion, over there!

From Under the Redwoods by Harte, Bret

Two very fair doors ... were lathed, daubed, and dammed up, the fair pillars were ordinary posts, against which they piled billets and bavens.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George

It was lathed and plastered, and no air admitted, except what might come through the floor.

From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by Quinby, M. (Moses)