Laver

[leivә]

Definition

(noun.) (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions.

(noun.) 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).

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Definition

(n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.

(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 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.

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Definition

n. the fronds of certain marine plants sometimes used as food.

See Lave (1).

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