Lather
Lather (lat"ẽr) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon leáeor niter, in leáeorwyrt soapwort; compare Icelandic lauer; perh. akin to English lye.]
1.
Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
2.
Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
Lather (lat"ẽrd) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon lēerian to lather, anoint. See Lather, n. ]
To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
Lather , intransitive verb
To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
Lather , transitive verb
[Compare Leather.]
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog. [Low]