LAVER Lav"er, n. Etym: [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.]
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. J. H. Newman.
LAVER
Lav"er, n. Etym: [From Lave to wash.]
Defn: One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
LAVER
La"ver, n.
Defn: The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purlpe 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. Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
LAVEROCK
La"ver*ock, n. Etym: [See Lark the bird.]
Defn: The lark. [Old Eng. & Scot.] [Written also lavrock.] Gower.