Lath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lathered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lathering.]
[AS. lðrian to lather, anoint. See Lather, n. ] To spread over with
lather; as, to lather the face.
Lath"er, v. i. To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate
foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
Lath"er, v. t. [Cf. Leather.] To beat severely with a thong, strap, or
the like; to flog. [Low]
{ Lathe"reeve` (?), Lath"reeve` (?), } n. Formerly, the head officer of
a lathe. See 1st Lathe.
Lath"ing (?), n. The act or process of covering with laths; laths,
collectively; a covering of laths.
Lath"-shaped` (?), a. Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; --
said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in
microscopic sections.
Lath"work` (?), n. Same as Lathing.
Lath"y (?), a. Like a lath; long and slender.
A lathy horse, all legs and length.
R. Browning.
La"tian (?), a. Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient
Italy. See Latin.
La*tib"u*lize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Latibulized (&?;); p. pr. & vb.
n. Latibulizing (?).] [L. latibulum hiding place, fr. latere to lie
hid.] To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to
retreat and lie hid. [R.] G. Shaw.
||La*tib"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Latibula (#). [L.] A concealed hiding
||place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
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Lat`i*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. latex, laticis, a liquid + -ferous.]
(Bot.) Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular
vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
Lat"i*clave (?), n. [L. laticlavus, laticlavium; latus broad + clavus
nail, a purple stripe on the tunica: cf. F. laticlave.] (Rom. Antiq.) A
broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators
in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.
Lat`i*cos"tate (?), a. [L. latus broad + E. costate.] Broad-ribbed.
Lat`i*den"tate (?), a. [L. latus broad + E. dentate.] Broad-toothed.
{ Lat`i*fo"li*ate (?), Lat`i*fo"li*ous (?), } a. [L. latifolius; latus
broad + folium leaf: cf. F. latifolié.] (Bot.) Having broad leaves.
Lat"i*mer (?), n. [OF. latinier, latimier, prop., one knowing Latin.]
An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke
Lat"in (?), a. [F., fr. L. Latinus belonging to Latium, Latin, fr.
Latium a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated. Cf. Ladin,
Lateen sail, under Lateen.] 1. Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the
Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
2. Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans
or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
Latin Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Western or Roman Catholic Church, as
distinct from the Greek or Eastern Church. -- Latin cross. See Illust.
1 of Cross. -- Latin races, a designation sometimes loosely given to
certain nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak
languages principally derived from Latin. Latin Union, an association
of states, originally comprising France, Belgium, Switzerland, and
Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary agreement, providing for
an identity in the weight and fineness of the gold and silver coins of
those countries, and for the amounts of each kind of coinage by each.
Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain subsequently joined the Union.
Lat"in, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.