machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
"The carpenter carefully guided his chisel along the spinning log on the lathe to carve out a smooth, cylindrical handle."
An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
"The apprentice carefully guided the chisel along the spinning wood on the lathe to carve a smooth bowl shape."
A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
To invite; bid; ask.
"The craftsman carefully turned the rough piece of wood on the lathe to create a smooth, cylindrical bowl."
To shape with a lathe.