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lath [lath] (civil engineering) A narrow strip of wood used in making a level base, as for plaster or tiles, or in constructing a light framework, as a trellis. A sheet of material used as a base for plaster. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Tom flung off his jacket and trousers, turned a suspender into a belt, raked away some brush behind the rotten log, dis- closing a rude bow and arrow, a lath sword and a tin trumpet, and in a moment had seized these things and bounded away, barelegged, with fluttering shirt. He never could go after even a turnip-cart but he must have the swords and guns all scoured up for it, though they was only lath and broomsticks, and you might scour at them till you rotted, and then they warn't worth a mouthful of ashes more than what they was before. She was head and shoulders taller than the little lawyer, slim as a lath, and yet wonderfully graceful. |
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