- a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- to cut, shape, or otherwise treat on a lathe.
- a machine for shaping, boring, facing, or cutting a screw thread in metal, wood, etc, in which the workpiece is turned about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
- to shape, bore, or cut a screw thread in or on (a workpiece) on a lathe
- any of the former administrative divisions of Kent
