Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Lathe (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.
(2) - Lathe (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.
(3) - Lathe (n.) A granary; a barn.
(4) - Lathe (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.

(1) - Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
(2) - Lather (v. i.) To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
(3) - Lather (n.) To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
(4) - Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
(5) - Lather (n.) Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.