The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
[1913 Webster]
3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --
called also lay and batten.
[1913 Webster]
Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after
a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.
Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from
its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.
Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has
an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring
metals, cutting screws, etc.
Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by
the foot.
Geometric lathe. See under Geometric
Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe
without an automatic feed for the tool.
Slide lathe, an engine lathe.
Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the
cutting tool is held in the other.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blanchard lathe \Blan"chard lathe\ [After Thomas Blanchard,
American inventor.] (Mach.)
A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and
irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc.,
after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on
parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed,
and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose
position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a
follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]