lath : Idioms & Phrases

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Dagger of lath

  • the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak.
Webster 1913

lath and plaster

  • noun a building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plaster
WordNet

Lath brick

  • a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.
Webster 1913

Lath nail

  • a slender nail for fastening laths.
Webster 1913

lath-shaped

Lath"-shaped` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
Webster 1913