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lavement | lavender | lavender cotton | lavender-pink | lavender-tinged | laver | laverock | lavic | lavish | lavisher | lavishly

laver

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la=ver
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CIDE DICTIONARY

lavern. [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.].
  •  A vessel for washing; a large basin.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which washes or cleanses.  J. H. Newman.  [1913 Webster]
lavern. [From Lave to wash.].
     One who laves; a washer.  [1913 Webster]
lavern. 
     The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and Porphyra vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.  [1913 Webster]
Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains

OXFORD DICTIONARY

laver, n. any of various edible seaweeds, esp. Porphyra umbilicalis, having sheetlike fronds.

Idiom
laver bread a Welsh dish of laver which is boiled, dipped in oatmeal, and fried.
laver, n.
1 Bibl. a large brass vessel for Jewish priests' ritual ablutions.
2 archaic a washing or fountain basin; a font.

Etymology
ME lavo(u)r f. OF laveo(i)r f. LL (as LAVATORY)

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