(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……
(a) Hateful, displeasing, unpleasant; loth spel, evil tidings; (b) in impers. constructions: hem is loth, hit is hem loth, they do not wish (to do sth., that sth. be done); is me (us) loth, I (we) do……