lath
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1ADJ.
brown, thin
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noun
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
"You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut."
The rubble waits him, sloping up to broken rear walls in a clogging, an openwork of laths pointlessly chevroning-flooring, furniture, glass, chunks of plaster, long tatters of wallpaper, split and shattered joists […].
Microscopic, needle-like crystals, usually of plagioclase feldspar, in a glassy groundmass
One of the sharp-edged, thick planks driven forward to hold back loose earth or mud when digging the way through for tunnelling or spiling. Also called a spill.
verb
To cover or line with laths.
noun
Alternative form of lat (“staff; monumental pillar”).
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4"You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut."
WiktionaryThe rubble waits him, sloping up to broken rear walls in a clogging, an openwork of laths pointlessly chevroning-flooring, furniture, glass, chunks of plaster, long tatters of wallpaper, split and sha
WiktionaryLanna says about wishing she was bigger in the chest and I goes that I had nothing to beat there and I was thin as a lat.
WiktionaryYou are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut.
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