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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.

Definition 2024

lather

lather

English

Noun

lather ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lathers)

  1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  3. A state of agitation.
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Etymology 2

Frm Middle English *lethren, from Old English lēþrian, lȳþrian, *līeþrian ‎(“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English lēaþor ‎(“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.

Verb

lather ‎(third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
  2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
  3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
Derived terms
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Etymology

From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor ‎(“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”), from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą ‎(“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-tro- ‎(“that which is used for washing”), from Proto-Indo-European *lawe-, *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- ‎(“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder ‎(“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður ‎(“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish lóathar ‎(“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν ‎(loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō ‎(“wash”), Albanian laj ‎(“I wash”), Ancient Greek λούω ‎(loúō). More at lye.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: lă.th'ə, lä.th'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlæ.ðə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɑːðə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæðɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æðə(r), -ɑːðə(r)

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