Monday, April 1, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: lather

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Apr 1st 2013, 23:36

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# {{transitive}} To [[cover]] with lather.

  

# {{transitive}} To [[cover]] with lather.
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# {{transitive}} To beat or to whip.

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# {{transitive}} To beat or whip.
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# {{intransitive}} To form lather or [[froth]], as a horse does when profusely sweating.
   
 

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Latest revision as of 23:36, 1 April 2013

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor ("a kind of niter used for soap, soda"), from Proto-Germanic *lauþran ("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.

[edit] Noun

lather (uncountable)

  1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  2. A state of agitation.
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foam of soap and water

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.
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