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lāthe
n.(2)
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The movable batten of a handloom; (b) some kind of supporting frame or scaffold; (c) a device used by coopers, ?a turning lathe;
lathe stok
, ?the framework of such a device;
lathe oke
, ?error for…
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