laver
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Noun (4)
- Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)Synonyms: Rod LaverRodney George LaverInstance of tennis player
- (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutionsType of basin
- edible red seaweedsSynonyms: red laverType of red algaeMember of Porphyra, genus Porphyra
- seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green frondsSynonyms: sea lettuceType of green algae, chlorophyteMember of Ulva, genus Ulva
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.
1. A vessel for washing; a large basin.
2. Script. Hist. (a) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet. (b) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
3. That which washes or cleanses. Cardinal John Henry Newman
Origin: From Lave to wash.
One who laves; a washer. obsolete
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.
Mountain laver Botany, a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54