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  • English Word Laved Definition of Lave
  • English Word Laveer Definition To beat against the wind; to tack.
  • English Word Lavement Definition A washing or bathing; also, a clyster.
  • English Word Lavender Definition An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.
  • English Word Lavender Definition The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
  • English Word Laver Definition A vessel for washing; a large basin.
  • English Word Laver Definition A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
  • English Word Laver Definition One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
  • English Word Laver Definition That which washes or cleanses.
  • English Word Laver Definition One who laves; a washer.
  • English Word Laver Definition 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.
  • English Word Laverock Definition The lark.
  • English Word Lavic Definition See Lavatic.
  • English Word Laving Definition of Lave
  • English Word Laving Definition Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.
  • English Word Laving Definition Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
  • English Word Laving Definition Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
  • English Word Laving Definition Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
  • English Word Laving Definition Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
  • English Word Lavish Definition Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
  • English Word Lavish Definition Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  • English Word Lavish Definition To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
  • English Word Lavished Definition of Lavish
  • English Word Lavisher Definition One who lavishes.
  • English Word Lavishing Definition of Lavish
  • English Word Lavishly Definition In a lavish manner.
  • English Word Lavishment Definition The act of lavishing.
  • English Word Lavishness Definition The quality or state of being lavish.
  • English Word Lavolt Definition Alt. of Lavolta
  • English Word Lavolta Definition An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.