Lav"er (?), n. [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.]
1.
A vessel for washing; a large basin.
2. Script. Hist.
- A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
- One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
3.
That which washes or cleanses.
J. H. Newman.
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Lav"er, n. [From Lave to wash.]
One who laves; a washer.
[Obs.]
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La"ver (?), n.
The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.
Mountain laver Bot., a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
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