lathn.

Brit.

/lɑːθ/,

/laθ/, U.S.

/læθ/

Forms: α. Old English lætt, (plural lætta, latta), Middle English–1700s latt, 1500s–1600s latte, Middle English, 1600s–1800s dialect lat; plural Middle English–1500s lattes, lattis, Middle English lattys, lates, latez, 1500s layttes, 1500s– latts, 1700s– lats. β. Middle English–1600s lathe, (Middle English laþþe, latthe), 1500s– lath.

Etymology: Old English lætt noun feminine (whence modern dialect lat) corresponds to Middle Dutch latte (Dutch lat), High German dialect latz, Danish (16th cent.) latte, lætte, lecthe (now lægte, which is phonetically difficult). The Middle English laþþe, from which the modern standard English form descends, probably represents an Old English *læþþ-, as this would correspond to the synonymous Old High German lat(t)a, ladda (Middle High German, modern German latte); but the mutual relation of the two types is obscure, and the occurrence of a geminated þ in Old Germanic has no known parallel or explanation. Some scholars think that the substitution of þ for t was due to the influence of the synonymous (and perhaps cognate) Welsh llath = Irish slat < Old Celtic *slattā. The Germanic word has passed into the Romance languages (compare Italian latta, Spanish lata, French latte); it is usually regarded as cognate with Middle High German lade plank (modern German laden counter, shop).

a. A thin narrow strip of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates or tiles of a roof or the plaster of a wall or ceiling, and in the construction of lattice or trellis work and Venetian blinds. double lath, single lath, pantile lath: see quots. 1825, 1842 at β. .

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > lath

lathc1000

stooth1295

stone-lath1370

straw-laths1391

studc1525

pantile lath1690

reeper1734

tile-laths1844

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > used in building

lathc1000

α.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 126 Asseres, lætta.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 185 Asseres, latta, uel reafteres.

1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 385 Cum calce, lattes, et sclatstan.

a1400–50 Alexander 756* [He] stighillys hym in som stede, a stable by hym one, With lang lates of yren, þat he might lig in.

c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. ii, in Anglia VIII. 136/1 She slepte but litil & þat vpon a fewe lattys.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 642 Be þe lattis it toke festnyng.

1483–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 33 For v bondellez of latez.

1515–16 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 253 In le Storehouse..ccc layttes.

1578 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 282 Woodd and bords..with stangs, hots, and cares, and spelks, and latts, xxs.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 155 They will sowe downe theire thatch in 4 places..allsoe sowinge once aboute a latte over betwixt sparre and sparre.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 395 The houses of this Village were very wretched ones, as being built only with lats nail'd across, and plaister'd over with clay.

1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 29 A Lath is also called a Lat in the Northern Dialect.

1780 T. A. Mann in Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 626 Latts..were nailed against each end.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Lat, lath..‘As thin as a lat’.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Lat, a lath.

β. 1330 Kenfig Ord. in Gross Gild Merch. II. 134 Noe burgess shall buy..boards, lathes, tyles.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 167 Bi þe laþþis þei senten him doun, wiþ his bed.a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxvii. 1059 Þe laþþe is longe and somdel brode and playne and þynne, and is ynayled thwartouer to þe rafteres, and þeronne hongeþ sclattes, tyle, and schyngles.?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ix^v They [sc. harrow-bulls]..haue shotes of wode put thorowe them lyke lathes.1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 7 The Romans vsed to inclose and fence their gardens with stakes and laths.1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 7 Laths..are made of heart of Oak, for out side Work..; and of Fir for inside Plastering.1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) A Bundle of Laths is generally call'd a Hundred of Laths.1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 611 The single are the thinnest..those called lath and half, are supposed to be one third thicker than the single; and the double laths are twice that thickness.1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 992 at Lath Pantile laths are long square pieces of fir, on which the pantiles hang.1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 487 Stout oak laths rent from heart timber.1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §175 Specialities in Venetian blind laths.1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §445 In planing..laths for trellis-work.

b. collective. Laths as a material used in building (chiefly as a groundwork for a coating of plaster) to form a wall or partition. Frequently in lath and plaster (often written with hyphens, esp. when used attributively or quasi-adj.); rarely lath and clay.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > used in building > collectively

lath1573

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > lath and plaster

lath and plaster1719

calamanco1792

lath and clay1839

stooth-and-plaster1893

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 A frower of Iron, for cleauing of lath.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 79 Ruff cast upon Lath..is worth eighteen pence the yard.

1715 M. Prior Down-Hall 152 A house should be built, or with brick, or with stone. Why 'tis plaster and lath.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 310 It was..a House built, as we call it in England, with Lath and Plaister.

1766 Griffith in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 274 A lath and plaister wall.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 42 A paltry screen, Of paper'd lath.

1839 T. Carlyle Chartism viii. 72 Dons, Tons.., not a few..of burnt brick, of timber, of lath-and-clay.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xvi. 269 Buildings of lath and plaster.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 496 Lath-and-plaster work.

c. lath and plaster n. rhyming slang for ‘master’.

ΚΠ

1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 11 Lath-and-plaster, master.

a. In wider application: A thin, narrow, flat piece of wood used for any purpose. Also, as the material of a counterfeit weapon, as bow of lath, sword of lath. dagger of lath: see dagger n.¹ 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > weapon

bow of lath1597

lath sword1697

sword of lath1819

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > types of bow

tax1541

livery bow?a1549

bow of lath1597

yew1605

slug1614

seventy-five1840

self1856

three-wood1875

recurve1961

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > lath

lath1597

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] > stick

waster1455

hilt1609

sworda1648

lath sword1697

tickler1765

sword of lath1819

basket-stick1833

single-stick1837

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 5 No Cupid..Bearing a Tartars painted bow of lath .

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. x. 48 He shall cut the rootes of the vines and set square lathes or props for the defending of them.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xvii. 124 One lath or splinter will serve the turn here. And apply the lath either above or below the great sinew on the Arm.

1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe II. 504 An old woman..holding a lath lighted at one end.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 12 A sword of lath.

b. transferred, applied to what is slender or fragile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > having specific structure

button1600

lath1633

marsupiuma1637

funnel1712

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > weak substance or thing

butterflyc1390

lath1633

bulrush1646

matchstick1791

pack of cards1855

bandbox1875

1633 F. Quarles in P. Fletcher Purple Island sig. ¶¶3^v His ribs are laths, daub'd o're, Plaister'd with flesh, and bloud.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xi. 81 You man of lath.

1799 F. Burney Lett to C. Burney July ‘You used to be as thin as Dr. Lind’, says the King. Lind was then in sight—a mere lath.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. 103 Some phantom, fashionably thin, With limb of lath.

1922 A. Bennett Lilian ii. iii The entire office, thanks to that lath, Millicent, was disorganised.

c. Mineralogy and Geology. A mineral crystal that is thin, narrow, and elongated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > miscellaneous others

shoot1670

stella1844

hourglass structure1888

spherulite1893

lath1916

1908 L. V. Pirsson Rocks & Rock Minerals iv. 36 In some rocks, such..as the syenites, which are mainly composed of feldspar..they have more or less perfectly the shape of flat tables or rude laths.]

1916 A. Johannsen tr. E. Weinschenk Fund. Princ. Petrol. x. 199 In this [intersertal] texture the interstices between the feldspar laths are filled with glass.

1941 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 7 65 The rock is a strongly ophitic dolerite with..plates of fresh augite and laths of plagioclase.

1959 W. W. Moorhouse Study of Rocks in Thin Section v. 160 Intersertal includes diabasic and ophitic textures, in which the feldspar laths are enclosed with large grains of pyroxene.

3. The bending part of an arbalest or crossbow.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > bending part

lath1545

prodd1965

1545 Rates Custome House sig. avii^v Crosbowe lathes the pounde iiii.d.

1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion viii. 91 When the Lath of a Cross-bow stands bent.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. Simple attributive.

lath-hammer n.

ΚΠ

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v A lath hamer [1577 hammer].

1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 35 The laths are nailed to each stud, or joist... For this purpose the best tool to employ is the..lath-hammer.

1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 188 Lath hammer.., a plasterer's hammer for nailing laths.

lath-wood n.

ΚΠ

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 18 Ashen barres..very streight and riven very thinne, allmost like unto Lattewoode.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 3 Foreign and Colonial Timber used for..lath-wood, shingles for roofs, &c.

C2. quasi-adj. (In sense of ‘made of a lath or of laths’.)

lath-house adj.

ΚΠ

1882 Garden 7 Jan. 1/2 Azaleas, &c. are kept under a lath-house shelter through the summer months.

lath partition n.

ΚΠ

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 286 Separated only by a lath partition.

lath sword n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > weapon

bow of lath1597

lath sword1697

sword of lath1819

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] > stick

waster1455

hilt1609

sworda1648

lath sword1697

tickler1765

sword of lath1819

basket-stick1833

single-stick1837

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 127 The God obscene, who frights away, With his Lath Sword, the Thiefs and Birds of Prey.

1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 250 While with a half-triumphant mind you crost Lath-swords of words on some uncertain matter.

lath wall n.

ΚΠ

1756 R. Pococke Trav. (1889) II. 228 Outhouses..built..with what they call lath walls.

lath -work n.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Latage,..lath-worke.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 79 Ruff cast upon Lath-work, the owner finding all, is worth eight pence a yard.

1863 R. B. Peacock S. Lonsdale Dial. in Trans. Philol. Soc. 262 He's gloorin out a 't winda, èn shewin' hissel through 't lat-wark.

C3. Objective.

lath-cleaver n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker

lath-maker1530

lath-river1610

lath-cleaver1622

lath-render1688

lath-splitter1858

1622 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Will'm Paine of the Citty of Cant. latcleaver.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 612 The lath-cleavers having cut their timber..cleave each piece with wedges.

lath-cutting adj.

ΚΠ

1827 Western Monthly Rev. 1 80 A lath-cutting machine..cuts them with great rapidity.

1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 91 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III One patent has been granted for improvements in lath-cutting machines.

lath-maker n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker

lath-maker1530

lath-river1610

lath-cleaver1622

lath-render1688

lath-splitter1858

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 237/2 Lathe maker, faisevr de lattes.

1533 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) To the lathe maker..xvijd.

1607 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Abraham Garke of Marden, latmaker.

lath-render n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker

lath-maker1530

lath-river1610

lath-cleaver1622

lath-render1688

lath-splitter1858

1688 London Gaz. No. 2318/4 A Man..by Trade a Hoopshaver, or Lathrender.

lath-river n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker

lath-maker1530

lath-river1610

lath-cleaver1622

lath-render1688

lath-splitter1858

1610 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 524 A lath Ryver.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Lat-river, one who splits laths for the plasterers.

lath-splitter n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker

lath-maker1530

lath-river1610

lath-cleaver1622

lath-render1688

lath-splitter1858

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Lath-splitter.

lath-splitting n.

ΚΠ

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Lath-splitting.

C4. Parasynthetic and similative.

lath-backed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will

nesheOE

feeblec1200

softc1275

weaka1425

infirm1526

lithya1533

unheaded1577

spiritless1595

pappy1597

irresolute1600

marrowless1607

seducible1613

wax-nosedc1615

unsinewy?1623

reedy1628

swayable1642

short-spirited1647

weak-headed1654

lath-backed1676

will-less?1680

tiffany-trader1702

weak-minded1716

lax1751

lax-fibred1762

nerveless1783

wishy-washy1801

marcid1822

molluscous1836

boneless1848

weedy1849

putty-headed1857

flabby1862

weak-kneed1863

fibreless1864

invertebrate1867

chinless1881

backboneless1882

featherweight1885

spineless1885

weak-willed1885

totter-kneed1887

akratic1896

effete1905

weakling1906

gutless1915

willowish1919

Milquetoast1932

nannified1960

ball-less1967

1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. i Thou pitiful, paltry, lath-back'd Fellow.

1830 R. B. Peake Court & City i. iii Brother, observe his make—none of your lath-backed wishy-washy breed.

lath-legged adj.

ΚΠ

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxi^v The nyne properties of an asse..the sixt to be lath legged.

lath-like adj.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tringle, a..lath-like peece of wood.

1674 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. (ed. 3) 201 A sphear is complicated only of Lath-like Circles to represent each Orb.

lath-shaped adj.

ΚΠ

1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 435 This [interstitial] substance occurs in irregular masses wedged in between the lath-shaped felspathic constituent.

1973 Nature 9 Feb. 374/1 Lath-shaped crystals also occur and their size is about 0·15 × 0·05 mm².

C5. Special combinations. Also lath-nail n.

lath-bedstead n. a bedstead with laths to support the bedding.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > bedstead > other types

field bedstead1586

lath-bedstead1806

angareb1835

four-poster1836

twin bedstead1900

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 11 A lath bedstead.

lath-brick n. a long narrow brick used for the floors of grain-kilns.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > brick of specific shape

lath-brick1677

quadrel1686

well brick1703

cut splay1825

king closer1826

angle brick1852

bullhead1862

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 251 Lath-bricks..are put in the place of the Laths or Spars (supported by Pillars) in Oasts for drying mault.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 587 Lath-bricks..used for drying malt upon.

† lath-brod n. Obsolete ? a small lath-nail.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > nails for other specific uses

stay-nail1296

wough-nailc1300

strake-nail1334

wall-nail1344

traverse nail1348

doornail1350

gad-nail1375

lath-nail1388

clout-nail1463

lattice-nail1480

lath-brod1536

sheathing-nail1611

bellows-nail1731

weight nail1850

panel pin1867

wheeler1873

fencing-nail1874

brattice-nail1880

toggle1934

1536–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 698 2000 latbroddes ad 2s. 1d.

1620 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 132 c. of late broades, iijd.

lath-coop n.

ΚΠ

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. xxi. 666 The term ‘lath-pot’ is almost universally employed to designate the common forms of closed lobster traps,..providing they are constructed of laths or of any narrow strips of wood. Other names..are ‘box-traps’, ‘house-pots’, ‘stick-pots’, and ‘lath-coops’.

lath-pot n. U.S. (see quot. for lath-pot).

ΚΠ

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 666 The term lath-pot is almost universally employed to designate the common forms of closed lobster traps,..providing they are constructed of laths or of any narrow strips of wood.

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单词	lath
释义	lathn. Brit. /lɑːθ/, /laθ/, U.S. /læθ/ Forms: α. Old English lætt, (plural lætta, latta), Middle English–1700s latt, 1500s–1600s latte, Middle English, 1600s–1800s dialect lat; plural Middle English–1500s lattes, lattis, Middle English lattys, lates, latez, 1500s layttes, 1500s– latts, 1700s– lats. β. Middle English–1600s lathe, (Middle English laþþe, latthe), 1500s– lath. Etymology: Old English lætt noun feminine (whence modern dialect lat) corresponds to Middle Dutch latte (Dutch lat), High German dialect latz, Danish (16th cent.) latte, lætte, lecthe (now lægte, which is phonetically difficult). The Middle English laþþe, from which the modern standard English form descends, probably represents an Old English læþþ-, as this would correspond to the synonymous Old High German lat(t)a, ladda* (Middle High German, modern German latte); but the mutual relation of the two types is obscure, and the occurrence of a geminated þ in Old Germanic has no known parallel or explanation. Some scholars think that the substitution of þ for t was due to the influence of the synonymous (and perhaps cognate) Welsh llath = Irish slat < Old Celtic slattā. The Germanic word has passed into the Romance languages (compare Italian latta, Spanish lata, French latte); it is usually regarded as cognate with Middle High German lade* plank (modern German laden counter, shop). 1. a. A thin narrow strip of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates or tiles of a roof or the plaster of a wall or ceiling, and in the construction of lattice or trellis work and Venetian blinds. double lath, single lath, pantile lath: see quots. 1825, 1842 at β. . ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > lath lathc1000 stooth1295 stone-lath1370 straw-laths1391 studc1525 pantile lath1690 reeper1734 tile-laths1844 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > used in building lathc1000 α. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 126 Asseres, lætta. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 185 Asseres, latta, uel reafteres. 1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 385 Cum calce, lattes, et sclatstan. a1400–50 Alexander 756* [He] stighillys hym in som stede, a stable by hym one, With lang lates of yren, þat he might lig in. c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. ii, in Anglia VIII. 136/1 She slepte but litil & þat vpon a fewe lattys. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 642 Be þe lattis it toke festnyng. 1483–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 33 For v bondellez of latez. 1515–16 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 253 In le Storehouse..ccc layttes. 1578 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 282 Woodd and bords..with stangs, hots, and cares, and spelks, and latts, xxs. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 155 They will sowe downe theire thatch in 4 places..allsoe sowinge once aboute a latte over betwixt sparre and sparre. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 395 The houses of this Village were very wretched ones, as being built only with lats nail'd across, and plaister'd over with clay. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 29 A Lath is also called a Lat in the Northern Dialect. 1780 T. A. Mann in Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 626 Latts..were nailed against each end. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Lat, lath..‘As thin as a lat’. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Lat, a lath. β. 1330 Kenfig Ord. in Gross Gild Merch. II. 134 Noe burgess shall buy..boards, lathes, tyles.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 167 Bi þe laþþis þei senten him doun, wiþ his bed.a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxvii. 1059 Þe laþþe is longe and somdel brode and playne and þynne, and is ynayled thwartouer to þe rafteres, and þeronne hongeþ sclattes, tyle, and schyngles.?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ix^v They [sc. harrow-bulls]..haue shotes of wode put thorowe them lyke lathes.1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 7 The Romans vsed to inclose and fence their gardens with stakes and laths.1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 7 Laths..are made of heart of Oak, for out side Work..; and of Fir for inside Plastering.1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) A Bundle of Laths is generally call'd a Hundred of Laths.1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 611 The single are the thinnest..those called lath and half, are supposed to be one third thicker than the single; and the double laths are twice that thickness.1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 992 at Lath Pantile laths are long square pieces of fir, on which the pantiles hang.1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 487 Stout oak laths rent from heart timber.1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §175 Specialities in Venetian blind laths.1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §445 In planing..laths for trellis-work. b. collective. Laths as a material used in building (chiefly as a groundwork for a coating of plaster) to form a wall or partition. Frequently in lath and plaster (often written with hyphens, esp. when used attributively or quasi-adj.); rarely lath and clay. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > used in building > collectively lath1573 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > lath and plaster lath and plaster1719 calamanco1792 lath and clay1839 stooth-and-plaster1893 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 A frower of Iron, for cleauing of lath. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 79 Ruff cast upon Lath..is worth eighteen pence the yard. 1715 M. Prior Down-Hall 152 A house should be built, or with brick, or with stone. Why 'tis plaster and lath. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 310 It was..a House built, as we call it in England, with Lath and Plaister. 1766 Griffith in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 274 A lath and plaister wall. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 42 A paltry screen, Of paper'd lath. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism viii. 72 Dons, Tons.., not a few..of burnt brick, of timber, of lath-and-clay. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xvi. 269 Buildings of lath and plaster. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 496 Lath-and-plaster work. c. lath and plaster n. rhyming slang for ‘master’. ΚΠ 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 11 Lath-and-plaster, master. 2. a. In wider application: A thin, narrow, flat piece of wood used for any purpose. Also, as the material of a counterfeit weapon, as bow of lath, sword of lath. dagger of lath: see dagger n.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > weapon bow of lath1597 lath sword1697 sword of lath1819 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > types of bow tax1541 livery bow?a1549 bow of lath1597 yew1605 slug1614 seventy-five1840 self1856 three-wood1875 recurve1961 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > lath lath1597 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] > stick waster1455 hilt1609 sworda1648 lath sword1697 tickler1765 sword of lath1819 basket-stick1833 single-stick1837 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 5 No Cupid..Bearing a Tartars painted bow of lath . View more context for this quotation 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. x. 48 He shall cut the rootes of the vines and set square lathes or props for the defending of them. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xvii. 124 One lath or splinter will serve the turn here. And apply the lath either above or below the great sinew on the Arm. 1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe II. 504 An old woman..holding a lath lighted at one end. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 12 A sword of lath. b. transferred, applied to what is slender or fragile. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > having specific structure button1600 lath1633 marsupiuma1637 funnel1712 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > weak substance or thing butterflyc1390 lath1633 bulrush1646 matchstick1791 pack of cards1855 bandbox1875 1633 F. Quarles in P. Fletcher Purple Island sig. ¶¶3^v His ribs are laths, daub'd o're, Plaister'd with flesh, and bloud. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xi. 81 You man of lath. 1799 F. Burney Lett to C. Burney July ‘You used to be as thin as Dr. Lind’, says the King. Lind was then in sight—a mere lath. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. 103 Some phantom, fashionably thin, With limb of lath. 1922 A. Bennett Lilian ii. iii The entire office, thanks to that lath, Millicent, was disorganised. c. Mineralogy and Geology. A mineral crystal that is thin, narrow, and elongated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > miscellaneous others shoot1670 stella1844 hourglass structure1888 spherulite1893 lath1916 1908 L. V. Pirsson Rocks & Rock Minerals iv. 36 In some rocks, such..as the syenites, which are mainly composed of feldspar..they have more or less perfectly the shape of flat tables or rude laths.] 1916 A. Johannsen tr. E. Weinschenk Fund. Princ. Petrol. x. 199 In this [intersertal] texture the interstices between the feldspar laths are filled with glass. 1941 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 7 65 The rock is a strongly ophitic dolerite with..plates of fresh augite and laths of plagioclase. 1959 W. W. Moorhouse Study of Rocks in Thin Section v. 160 Intersertal includes diabasic and ophitic textures, in which the feldspar laths are enclosed with large grains of pyroxene. 3. The bending part of an arbalest or crossbow. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > bending part lath1545 prodd1965 1545 Rates Custome House sig. avii^v Crosbowe lathes the pounde iiii.d. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion viii. 91 When the Lath of a Cross-bow stands bent. Compounds General attributive. C1. Simple attributive. lath-hammer n. ΚΠ 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v A lath hamer [1577 hammer]. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 35 The laths are nailed to each stud, or joist... For this purpose the best tool to employ is the..lath-hammer. 1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 188 Lath hammer.., a plasterer's hammer for nailing laths. lath-wood n. ΚΠ a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 18 Ashen barres..very streight and riven very thinne, allmost like unto Lattewoode. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 3 Foreign and Colonial Timber used for..lath-wood, shingles for roofs, &c. C2. quasi-adj. (In sense of ‘made of a lath or of laths’.) lath-house adj. ΚΠ 1882 Garden 7 Jan. 1/2 Azaleas, &c. are kept under a lath-house shelter through the summer months. lath partition n. ΚΠ 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 286 Separated only by a lath partition. lath sword n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > weapon bow of lath1597 lath sword1697 sword of lath1819 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] > stick waster1455 hilt1609 sworda1648 lath sword1697 tickler1765 sword of lath1819 basket-stick1833 single-stick1837 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 127 The God obscene, who frights away, With his Lath Sword, the Thiefs and Birds of Prey. View more context for this quotation 1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 250 While with a half-triumphant mind you crost Lath-swords of words on some uncertain matter. lath wall n. ΚΠ 1756 R. Pococke Trav. (1889) II. 228 Outhouses..built..with what they call lath walls. lath -work n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Latage,..lath-worke. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 79 Ruff cast upon Lath-work, the owner finding all, is worth eight pence a yard. 1863 R. B. Peacock S. Lonsdale Dial. in Trans. Philol. Soc. 262 He's gloorin out a 't winda, èn shewin' hissel through 't lat-wark. C3. Objective. lath-cleaver n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker lath-maker1530 lath-river1610 lath-cleaver1622 lath-render1688 lath-splitter1858 1622 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Will'm Paine of the Citty of Cant. latcleaver. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 612 The lath-cleavers having cut their timber..cleave each piece with wedges. lath-cutting adj. ΚΠ 1827 Western Monthly Rev. 1 80 A lath-cutting machine..cuts them with great rapidity. 1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 91 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III One patent has been granted for improvements in lath-cutting machines. lath-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker lath-maker1530 lath-river1610 lath-cleaver1622 lath-render1688 lath-splitter1858 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 237/2 Lathe maker, faisevr de lattes. 1533 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) To the lathe maker..xvijd. 1607 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Abraham Garke of Marden, latmaker. lath-render n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker lath-maker1530 lath-river1610 lath-cleaver1622 lath-render1688 lath-splitter1858 1688 London Gaz. No. 2318/4 A Man..by Trade a Hoopshaver, or Lathrender. lath-river n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker lath-maker1530 lath-river1610 lath-cleaver1622 lath-render1688 lath-splitter1858 1610 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 524 A lath Ryver. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Lat-river, one who splits laths for the plasterers. lath-splitter n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > lath-maker lath-maker1530 lath-river1610 lath-cleaver1622 lath-render1688 lath-splitter1858 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Lath-splitter. lath-splitting n. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Lath-splitting. C4. Parasynthetic and similative. lath-backed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will nesheOE feeblec1200 softc1275 weaka1425 infirm1526 lithya1533 unheaded1577 spiritless1595 pappy1597 irresolute1600 marrowless1607 seducible1613 wax-nosedc1615 unsinewy?1623 reedy1628 swayable1642 short-spirited1647 weak-headed1654 lath-backed1676 will-less?1680 tiffany-trader1702 weak-minded1716 lax1751 lax-fibred1762 nerveless1783 wishy-washy1801 marcid1822 molluscous1836 boneless1848 weedy1849 putty-headed1857 flabby1862 weak-kneed1863 fibreless1864 invertebrate1867 chinless1881 backboneless1882 featherweight1885 spineless1885 weak-willed1885 totter-kneed1887 akratic1896 effete1905 weakling1906 gutless1915 willowish1919 Milquetoast1932 nannified1960 ball-less1967 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. i Thou pitiful, paltry, lath-back'd Fellow. 1830 R. B. Peake Court & City i. iii Brother, observe his make—none of your lath-backed wishy-washy breed. lath-legged adj. ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxi^v The nyne properties of an asse..the sixt to be lath legged. lath-like adj. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tringle, a..lath-like peece of wood. 1674 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. (ed. 3) 201 A sphear is complicated only of Lath-like Circles to represent each Orb. lath-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 435 This [interstitial] substance occurs in irregular masses wedged in between the lath-shaped felspathic constituent. 1973 Nature 9 Feb. 374/1 Lath-shaped crystals also occur and their size is about 0·15 × 0·05 mm². C5. Special combinations. Also lath-nail n. lath-bedstead n. a bedstead with laths to support the bedding. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > bedstead > other types field bedstead1586 lath-bedstead1806 angareb1835 four-poster1836 twin bedstead1900 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 11 A lath bedstead. lath-brick n. a long narrow brick used for the floors of grain-kilns. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > brick of specific shape lath-brick1677 quadrel1686 well brick1703 cut splay1825 king closer1826 angle brick1852 bullhead1862 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 251 Lath-bricks..are put in the place of the Laths or Spars (supported by Pillars) in Oasts for drying mault. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 587 Lath-bricks..used for drying malt upon. † lath-brod n. Obsolete ? a small lath-nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > nails for other specific uses stay-nail1296 wough-nailc1300 strake-nail1334 wall-nail1344 traverse nail1348 doornail1350 gad-nail1375 lath-nail1388 clout-nail1463 lattice-nail1480 lath-brod1536 sheathing-nail1611 bellows-nail1731 weight nail1850 panel pin1867 wheeler1873 fencing-nail1874 brattice-nail1880 toggle1934 1536–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 698 2000 latbroddes ad 2s. 1d. 1620 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 132 c. of late broades, iijd. lath-coop n. ΚΠ 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. xxi. 666 The term ‘lath-pot’ is almost universally employed to designate the common forms of closed lobster traps,..providing they are constructed of laths or of any narrow strips of wood. Other names..are ‘box-traps’, ‘house-pots’, ‘stick-pots’, and ‘lath-coops’. lath-pot n. U.S. (see quot. for lath-pot). ΚΠ 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 666 The term lath-pot is almost universally employed to designate the common forms of closed lobster traps,..providing they are constructed of laths or of any narrow strips of wood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). lathv. Brit. /lɑːθ/, /laθ/, U.S. /læθ/ Forms: Also 1500s lathe, 1600s–1800s dialect lat. Etymology: < lath n. transitive. To cover or furnish (a wall or ceiling) with laths for plastering. Also with over. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > cover with laths lath?1533 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Hiv ^v To lathe with lathes, latter. 1575 Churchwardens' Accts. Stanford in Antiquary (1888) 17 171/1 It. for lathing & mending the churche howse mounds vd. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xviii. 113 [The feasant] house shall be..thicke latted and of clouen boardes. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 154 After-that an howse is latted, the first thatch that is layd on woulde bee of Rye strawe. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Walls Walls..being quarter'd and lath'd between the Timber, or sometimes lathed all over, they are plaister'd with Lome. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 110 When lathed over, the lath may be equally stiff to sustain the plaster. 1869 Daily News 10 Sept. The dining-rooms..in the sixteenth century were neither lathed nor plastered. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Latted, part., covered with laths: as ‘I'll have it studded and latted’. absolute.1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 79 To Lath and lay with Lime and haire.1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 13 A Budget..to put their Nailes in when they Lath. Derivatives lathed adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > made of lath lathed1578 lathen1843 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 65 Like the plaster, or dawbe vnto the latted house. ˈlather n. one who fixes laths or makes lath-work. ΚΠ 1897 Daily News 8 Dec. 4/4 By employing lathers to do the lathing work instead of plasterers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000v.?1533
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