Lathy vs Eathy - What's the difference?
lathy | eathy |
(archaic) Like a lath; long and slender.
* {{quote-book, year=1854, author=William Harrison Ainsworth, title=The Lancashire Witches, chapter=, edition=
, passage=In this way he was dragged out; and as he crept up the bank, with the wet pouring from his apparel, which now clung tightly to his lathy limbs, he was greeted by the jeers of Nicholas. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1911, author=Hamilton Drummond, title=The Justice of the King, chapter=, edition=
, passage=And little lathy Charles with his long, narrow white face and obstinate chin, is no A B C of a boy. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Rudyard Kipling, title=A Diversity of Creatures, chapter=, edition=
, passage='Twas just a bit o' lathy old plank which Jim had throwed acrost the brook for his own conveniences. }}
As adjectives the difference between lathy and eathy
is that lathy is (archaic) like a lath; long and slender while eathy is easy.lathy
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