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lather(2)(dictionary)
lather(dictionary)
lather 1, noun(dictionary)
lather 2, verb(dictionary)

lather (iou)



lather verb.
[Old English leTran, lieTran = Old Norse leyera, from Germanic, from base of LATHER noun1. From 16 assim. in form to LATHER noun1.]
verb trans. Cover (as) with a lather; apply lather to; wash in or with a lather; in pass. = sense 2 below. OE.
M. Mitchell Uncle Peter..drove to the hospital, making trip after trip until the old horse was lathered. A. Miller Roy would snarl..his jaws lathering.
verb intrans. Now chiefly of a horse: become covered with foam or frothy sweat. ME.
verb intrans. Produce and form a lather or froth. E17.
verb trans. Beat, thrash; fig. defeat soundly. colloq. L18.
latherer noun a person who applies lather; esp. (Hist.) = lather-boy s.v. LATHER noun1: L19.