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rating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. -- Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe. -- Engine lath…

To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.

Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.

A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pat…

To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. G. Eliot.

A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] Barllett.

Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young women.

One of the Platyelminthes.

Same as Platyelminthes.

A mandrel in lathe turning. Knight. Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]

sually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.

(Steam Engine) See under Pressure. -- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning. -- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; pri…

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight.

th curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable…

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.

One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.

r cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

ate of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.

A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.