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1. (n.) laver
a large basin used by the ancient Jewish priests for ablutions.
2. laver
the font or water of baptism.
3. laver
any spiritually cleansing agency.
4. laver
Archaic.
5. laver
a basin, bowl, or cistern to wash in.
6. laver
any bowl or pan for water.
7. (n.) laver
any of several, usu. edible, seaweeds, esp. of the genus
Porphyra.
Etymology: (1605–15; < NL; L laver a water plant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver
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)
2. (noun) laver
(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
3. (noun) red laver, laver
edible red seaweeds
4. (noun) sea lettuce, laver
seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) laver
a vessel for washing; a large basin
2. (noun) laver
a large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet
3. (noun) laver
one of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed
4. (noun) laver
that which washes or cleanses
5. (noun) laver
one who laves; a washer
6. (noun) laver
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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