Definition of lathes:
(n) :
(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
(v) :
To shape with a lathe.
(v) :
(computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.
(v) :
(transitive, UK dialectal) To invite; bid; ask.
(n) :
(weaving) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft.
(n) :
(obsolete) 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.