noun
Meaning 1
Invitation.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
lathing
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noun
Meaning 2
A covering of laths.
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of lathe
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).
Etymology tree English lath Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lathing From lath + -ing.
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