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Same as Lathing.

Like a lath; long and slender. A lathy horse, all legs and length. R. Browning.

Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.

To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid. [R.] G. Shaw.

A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.

Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.

A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.

Broad-ribbed.

Broad-toothed.

Having broad leaves.

A strap for tightening a saddle girth. [Western U. S. & Sp. Amer.]

A kind of halter usually made of raw hide.

An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke.

Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.

A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.

One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. Cowper. He left school a good Latinist. Macaulay.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. "Latinistic words." Fitzed. Hall.

One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.

The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. "His eleLatinity." Motley.

The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the Latinization of France. M. Arnold.