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Lather   /lˈæðər/   Listen
Lather

noun
1.
The froth produced by soaps or detergents.  Synonyms: soapsuds, suds.
2.
Agitation resulting from active worry.  Synonyms: fret, stew, sweat, swither.  "He's in a sweat about exams"
3.
A workman who puts up laths.
4.
The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse).
verb
(past & past part. lathered; pres. part. lathering)
1.
Beat severely with a whip or rod.  Synonyms: flog, lash, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip.  "The children were severely trounced"
2.
Form a lather.
3.
Exude sweat or lather.
4.
Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning.  Synonym: soap.



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"Lather" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a white lather while he looked at himself in the glass; then he sharpened his razor on the strop and ...
— The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) - Une Vie and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893

... impromptu fashion. Marcus Schouler assumed the office of master of ceremonies; he was in a lather of excitement, rushing about here and there, opening beer bottles, serving the tamales, slapping McTeague upon the back, laughing and joking continually. He made McTeague sit at the head of the table, with Trina at his right and the agent at his left; he—when ...
— McTeague • Frank Norris

... alarm and passed the Test Act, 1673, by which all Catholics were shut out from holding any government office or position (S477). This act broke up the "Cabal," by compelling a Catholic nobleman, who was one of its leading members, to resign. Lather, Parliament further showed its power by compelling the King to sign the Act of Habeas Corpus, 1679 (S482), which put an end to his arbitrarily throwing men into prison, and keeping them there, in order to stop their free discussion of his plots ...
— The Leading Facts of English History • D.H. Montgomery

... vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the crosstrees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay. Hands, who was not so far up, was, in consequence, nearer to the ship, and fell between me and the bulwarks. He rose once to the surface in a lather of foam and blood, and then sank again for good. As the water settled, I could see him lying huddled together on the clean, bright sand in the shadow of the vessel's sides. A fish or two whipped past his ...
— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson

... the God and lather of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, [1:4]who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those in every affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves ...
— The New Testament • Various


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