lathe 
(lāth)
(lāth)n.
A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing a fixed cutting or abrading tool against it.
tr.v. lathed, lath·ing, lathes
To cut or shape on a lathe.
[Middle English, a device used by coopers, perhaps a turning lathe, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
lathe