[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lather \lath"er\, v. t. cf. leather.
   to beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
   low
   1913 webster lathereeve
see also:
leather 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lather \lath"er\ la^th"~er, n. as. le'aethor niter,
   in le'aethorwyrt soapwort; cf. icel. lauethr; perh.
   akin to e. lye.
   1. foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
      1913 webster

   2. foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lather \lath"er\, v. t. imp.  p. p. lathered
   la^th"~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. lathering. as.
   l=eethrian to lather, anoint. see lather, n. 
   to spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
   1913 webster
see also:
lathered lathering lather 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lather \lath"er\, v. i.
   to form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam
   from profuse sweating, as a horse.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lather
     n 1: the froth produced by soaps or detergents syn: soapsuds,
          suds
     2: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
        stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" syn: fret, stew,
         sweat, swither
     3: a workman who puts up laths
     4: the foam resulting from excessive sweating as on a horse
     v 1: cover with soap; "lather your body when you shower"
     2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "the teacher often flogged
        the students"; "the children were severely trounced" syn:
         flog, welt, whip, lash, slash, strap, trounce
     3: form a lather; "the shaving cream lathered"
     4: rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
        syn: soap
see also:
soapsuds suds fret stew sweat swither 
flog welt whip lash slash 
strap trounce soap 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

171 moby thesaurus words for "lather":
   bo, aerate, anxiety, baptize, bath, bathe, beaded brow,
   beads of sweat, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, best,
   body odor, bother, breakers, breathless impatience, buffet, bustle,
   chafing, clamor, cold sweat, collar, cream, defeat, destroy,
   diaphoresis, disquietude, dither, do in, douche, dress down, drub,
   eagerness, excitement, exudate, exudation, fix, flagellate, flail,
   flap, flax, flog, flush, flush out, fluster, flusteration,
   flustration, flutter, foam, foofaraw, fret, fretfulness, fretting,
   froth, fuss, gargle, give a dressing-down, hassle, haste, head,
   hide, holystone, honest sweat, hors de combat, hubbub, impatience,
   impatientness, impetuousness, irrigate, lambaste, larrup, lash,
   launder, lave, leather, lick, mantle, maul, meringue, mop, mop up,
   mousse, offscum, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral,
   outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, paddle,
   perspiration, perspiration odor, pother, pucker, puff, pummel, put,
   restiveness, restlessness, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse,
   ruin, scour, scrub, scrub up, scud, scum, sea foam, settle,
   shampoo, shower, skin, skin alive, sluice, sluice out, soap,
   soapsuds, souffle, spindrift, sponge, spoondrift, spray, spume,
   state, stew, stinging, streams of sweat, sud, sudor, sudoresis,
   suds, surf, swab, sweat, swelter, swivet, syringe, tan,
   tense readiness, thrash, tizzy, toivel, trim, triumph over,
   trounce, tub, turmoil, twitter, twitteration, undo, uneasiness,
   unpatientness, unquietness, wallop, wash, wash out, wash up, water,
   welt, whack, whale, whip, whisk, white water, worst, yeast

Lather >> L Words
Lather, definition of term: Lather
lather_pag1.html