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Definitions for: Laver
[n] seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
[n] edible red seaweeds
[n] (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish Temple to perform ritual ablutions
[n] 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)
Webster (1913) Definition: Lav"er (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n. [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. --J. H. Newman.
Lav"er, n. [From Lave to wash.]
One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
La"ver (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] 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
Synonyms: red laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver, sea lettuce
See Also: basin, chlorophyte, genus Porphyra, genus Ulva, green algae, Porphyra, red algae, tennis player, Ulva
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