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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

... between my hands, immersing it in water, passing it quickly from one hand to the other, and using all other persuasive attempts to solve it into lather. Useless; it was un-lather-able, and hearing the gong sound for dinner, I gave it up as a ...

— Continental Monthly - Volume 1 - Issue 3 • Various

... wiry and tough, and although I press forward quite energetically, the whip is applied without stint, and when the passport office is reached we pull up alongside it together, but their ponies' sides are white with lather. The passport officer is so delighted at the story of the race, as narrated to him by the others, that he fetches me out.a piece of lump sugar and a glass of water, a common refreshment partaken of in this country. Yet a third ...

— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens

... animals. The horse trembled in every limb at the sound of the howling of the wolves; and cold as was the night, in spite of the great fire that blazed on the hearth, his coat became covered with the lather of fear. Even upon the roof above the trampling of the animals could be heard; and through the open slits of the windows which some travelers before them had stuffed with straw, they could hear the fierce breathing and snorting of the savage beasts, ...

— The Boy Knight • G.A. Henty

... covered with lather, and a shaving brush in one hand, Alfred entered the room just as his friend was ...

— Baby Mine • Margaret Mayo

... steep as a house-wall. But all were eager to have the Princess and half the kingdom. So they rode and slipped, and slipped and rode, and still it was the same story over again. At last all their horses were so weary that they could scarce lift a leg, and in such a sweat that the lather dripped from them, and so the knights had to give up trying any more. So the king was just thinking that he would proclaim a new trial for the next day, to see if they would have better luck, when all at once a knight came riding up on so brave a steed, that no one had ever seen ...

— East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North • Peter Christen Asbjornsen

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