lavanèse, n.f., (bot.) goat’s-rue.
lavaret, n.m., (ich.) gwiniad, fresh-water herring.
lavasse, n.f., sudden shower of rain (l.u.); sloppy sauce; wash, wish-wash.
lave, n.f., lava.
lavé, -e, part., washed, pale, faint. Couleur —e; (paint.) light color. Cheval bai —; light bay horse.
lavement (la-vmān), n.m., (c.rel.) washing; (med.) injection, clyster.
laver, v.a., to wash, to wash off, to cleanse; to wash up; to lave, to bathe; to absolve, to declare innocent. — la tête à quelqu’un; to blow any one up; to rate any one soundly.
se laver, v.r., to wash, to wash one’s self. Se — les mains; to wash one’s hands. Se — d’un crime; to clear one’s self of a crime. Je m’en lave les mains; I will have nothing to do with it, I wash my hands of the business.
lavette, n.f., dish-cloth, dish-clout.
laveu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., washer, scourer. —se de vaisselle; scullion, scullery-maid. — de mines; buddler. — de cendres; metal-refiner.