Lavender
['lævəndə] or ['lævəndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a pale purple color.
(noun.) any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated.
(adj.) of a pale purple color .
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
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Definition
n. an odoriferous plant probably so called from its being laid with newly washed clothes: a pale-lilac colour the colour of lavender blossoms.—v.t. to sprinkle with lavender.—n. Lav′ender-wa′ter a perfume composed of spirits of wine essential oil of lavender and ambergris.—Lay in lavender to lay by carefully as clothes with sprigs of lavender in them; Oil of lavender an aromatic oil distilled from lavender flowers and stems used as a stimulant and tonic.
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Examples
- The scent of lavender came out and perfumed the room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I swallowed some lavender-drops and tried to write: blotted twenty sheets of paper with unintelligible nonsense and wetted them with my tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Cut the camomile in pieces and rub fine with the sal-ammoniac; add the lavender water and vinegar by placing all in a glass flask and let it digest for twelve hours and filter. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Yet, the smell of a _Yahoo_ continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- A woman in a lavender-coloured gown---- No, no, interposed the second man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Lavender, which is one part blue and three parts white, would stimulate all three sets of nerves, but with a maximum of stimulation for the blue. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mix, and perfume with cologne, lavender, or any desired odor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She is dressed in lavender-coloured silk, and has a white bonnet on, and is amazing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The smell of its jars of old rose-leaves and lavender seems to come upon me even here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The solvent employed was a mixture of one part of oil of lavender, and ten parts of oil of petroleum. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Here the old lady tossed her head, and smoothed down her lavender-coloured silk dress with trembling hands. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There were small figures on the green lawn, women in lavender and yellow moving to the shade of the enormous, beautifully balanced cedar tree. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her dress was of a lavender colour, and perfectly neat; but scantily made, as if she desired to be as little encumbered as possible. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And that feather I know she got dyed a pale lavender on purpose to be consistent. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yes, I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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