Lavatory
(Lav"a*to*ry) a. Washing, or cleansing by washing.
Lavatory
(Lav"a*to*ry), n.; pl. Lavatories [L. lavatorium: cf. lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf.
Laver.]
1. A place for washing.
2. A basin or other vessel for washing in.
3. A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
4. A place where gold is obtained by washing.
Lavature
(Lav"a*ture) n. A wash or lotion. [Obs.]
Lave
(Lave) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laved (lavd); p. pr. & vb. n. Laving.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to
luere to wash, Gr. . Cf. Ablution, Deluge, Lavender, Lava, Lotion.] To wash; to bathe; as, to lave
a bruise.
His feet the foremost breakers lave.
Byron. Lave
(Lave), v. i. To bathe; to wash one's self.
In her chaste current oft the goddess laves.
Pope. Lave
(Lave), v. t. [OE. laven. See Lavish.] To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] Dryden.
Lave
(Lave), n. [AS. laf the remainder, what is left. &radic119. See Leave.] The remainder; others.
[Scot.] Bp. Hall.
Lave-eared
(Lave"-eared`) a. [Cf. W. llaf that extends round, llipa flaccid, flapping, G. lapp flabby,
lappohr flap ear.] Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Laveer
(La*veer") v. i. [D. laveren.] (Naut.) To beat against the wind; to tack. [Obs.] Dryden.
Lavement
(Lave"ment) n. [F. lavement, fr. laver to wash.] A washing or bathing; also, a clyster.
Lavender
(Lav"en*der) n. [OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to
wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See
Lave. to wash, and cf. Lavender.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil
used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil used in the arts.
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
Lavender cotton (Bot.),
a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) of the Mediterranean
region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called
ground cypress. — Lavender water, a perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential
oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris. — Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary. — To
lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.]
Laver
(Lav"er) n. [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.]
1. A vessel for washing; a large basin.