Laver

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large basin used in the ancient Jewish Temple by a priest for ablutions before making a sacrificial offering.
  • n. Archaic A vessel, stone basin, or trough used for washing.
  • n. Any of several dried, edible seaweeds of the genera Porphyra (the red algae) and Ulva (the green algae).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A red alga of the genus Porphyra.
  • n. A wash-basin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel for washing; a large basin.
  • n.
  • n. A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
  • n. One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
  • n. That which washes or cleanses.
  • n. One who laves; a washer.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A basin, bowl, trough, or cistern to wash in.
  • n. In heraldry, a colter or plowshare when used as a bearing.
  • n. Either of two species of algæ. of the genus Porphyra, P. laciniata and P. vulgaris, known in Ireland and Scotland as sloke or Sloakan.
  • n. A dish composed of one of the above algæ or of some similar seaweed. See laver-bread.
  • Hanging.
  • n. Figuratively, the baptismal font; the spiritual regeneration of baptism; any cleansing of the spirit.
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  • 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)
  • 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
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    Variant
    sloke    sloakan   
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    washer   
    Rhyme
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    aver    baver    braver    caver    craver    disfavor    engraver    favor    flavor    graver   
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