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Webster 1913 Edition

Lather

Lath′er

(lăth′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[AS.
leáðor
niter, in
leáðorwyrt
soapwort; cf. Icel.
lauðr
; perh. akin to E.
lye
.]
1.
Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
2.
Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.

Lath′er

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lathered
(lăth′ẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lathering
.]
[AS.
lēðrian
to lather, anoint. See
Lather
,
Noun.
]
To spread over with lather;
as, to
lather
the face
.

Lath′er

,
Verb.
I.
To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.

Lath′er

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf.
Leather
.]
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
[Low]

Webster 1828 Edition

Lather

LATH'ER

, v.i.
To form a foam with water and soap; to become froth, or frothy matter.

LATH'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To spread over with the foam of soap.

LATH'ER

, n.
1.
Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
2.
Foam or froth from profuse sweat, as of a horse.

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