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Laver   /lˈeɪvər/   Listen
noun
Laver  n.  
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.



Laver  n.  One who laves; a washer. (Obs.)



Laver  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 Porphyra 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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"Laver" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I have sent little things to the 'Censor' before, which they seem to regard in the light of pickles and laver." ...
— The Long Vacation • Charlotte M. Yonge

... the holy place, where was found the laver. Here the priests made themselves clean, and they could not minister in the presence of Jehovah until they had been made clean from all earthly defilement. This second text gives us the same thought, for here the writer ...
— And Judas Iscariot - Together with other evangelistic addresses • J. Wilbur Chapman

... something like a pretence of reason, expected that their children might thereby be made members of Christ, children of God, and heirs of the kingdom of heaven. They are persuaded that it is consistent with truth to speak of baptism for infants as 'the washing of regeneration,' the laver of regeneration—the well-spring of divine life, &c., &c., and that in this matter they rightly exercise Christian submission in following 'the sacramental host of God's elect.' But the Independents have no pretence of the kind for this application of a holy ordinance to infants. ...
— The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 • Various

... When the fast-ushering star of morning comes O'er-riding the grey hills with golden scarf; Or when the cowled and dusky-sandalled Eve, In mourning weeds, from out the western gate, Departs with silent pace! That spirit moves In the green valley, where the silver brook, From its full laver, pours the white cascade; And, babbling low amid the tangled woods, Slips down through moss-grown stones with endless laughter. And frequent, on the everlasting hills, Its feet go forth, when it doth wrap itself In all the dark embroidery of the storm, And shouts the stern, strong wind. And ...
— The Grateful Indian - And other Stories • W.H.G. Kingston

... our readers as are not addicted to epicurism may have been somewhat puzzled at the display of "Fine Fresh Laver" in the Italian warehouses and provision shops of the metropolis. The truth is, laver is a kind of reddish sea-weed, forming a jelly when boiled, which is eaten by some of the poor people in Angus with bread instead of butter; but which the rich have elevated into one of the greatest dainties of their tables. In Scotland, laver ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume XII. F, No. 325, August 2, 1828. • Various


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