lavern.1
/ˈleɪvə/, /ˈlɑːvə/, U.S. /ˈleɪvər/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > unspecified or unidentified plants
bildersc1425
bladdera1500
olourc1540
bellrags1548
laver1562
sion1562
olorina1596
water wall1607
strumblowes1624
sea-ear1668
sea-berry1711
sea-froth1725
slawk1824
flannel-weed1893
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 254 Ðeos wyrt þe man sion & oðrum naman laber nemneþ byð cenned on wætum stowum.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 32 Sion otherwise called lauer is found in waters with a fat bushe ryght vp with brode leues.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 255 The roots..are as effectual in this case as green Lauer [margin, Water cresses].
2. From the 17th cent. applied by writers to various marine algæ, and now used as a trade or culinary name for the edible species. laver bread n. (also lava bread) a name in Wales for a food made from the fronds of Porphyra umbilicalis, which are boiled, dipped in oatmeal, and fried. purple laver n. Porphyra laciniata.green laver: see the first element.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > other algae
slake?a1505
laver1611
sea purse1769
water-net1821
red snow1825
red snow plant1836
hydrodictyon1841
Protococcus1842
snow plant1846
purple laver1847
red snow alga1848
gory dew1861
yellow cell1861
spirogyra1875
blanket-weed1879
phycochrome1881
zoochlorella1882
chlamydomonas1884
zygnemid1887
gonyaulax1902
chlorella1904
chlorophyte1937
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > edible seaweeds
slawkc1450
laver1611
badderlocks1620
hempweed1620
henware1682
dulse1698
tangle1724
slokan1758
sloke1777
honey-ware1827
carrageen1830
Irish moss1830
pearl moss1832
Ceylon moss1861
kombu1884
sea-moss1891
sheep-seaweed1895
hijiki1951
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > seaweed preparations
laver bread1701
nori1891
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Herbe marine, Slanke, Wrake, Lauer, Sea~grasse.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Bbb2vb Laver~bread, In Glamorganshire and some other parts of Wales, they make a sort of Food of a Sea plant, which seems to be the Oyster-green or Sea-Liver-wort. This they call Laverbread.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 257 Laver, which is the Lactuca Marina, or Sea-Lettuce.
1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide v. i. 31 Fine potted Laver, fresh Oysters, and Pies!
1843 Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 400 The Ulva latissima which makes a pickle called ‘laver’, is found on the coast.
1847 J. C. Ross Voy. Antarctic Reg. II. 266 The green, pink, and purple lavers of Great Britain may be readily recognized.
1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. xv. 191 You don't get moor mutton with hot laver sauce every day.
1894 Daily News 1 Dec. 5/4 Laver is now in full season, and is best imported straight from Ireland.
1949 New Biol. 7 94 In the days when butter was more plentiful, laver bread was heated with butter, lemon juice and pepper, and served with roast mutton.
a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 5 Is there rum and laverbread?
1962 Listener 26 July 140/2 Lava bread..is the only truly Welsh food. It is made from seaweed.
1969 N. W. Pirie Food Resources v. 127 Welsh devotion to laverbread is an important factor which restrains the managers of nuclear installations from fouling the sea more than they do now.
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lavern.2
/ˈleɪvə/, U.S. /ˈleɪvər/ 1.
a. A vessel, basin, or cistern for washing; in early use, chiefly a wash-hand-basin or a water-jug, usually of metal; occasionally a pan or bowl for water, irrespective of its purpose. Now only poetic or rhetorical. †Also applied to the piscina, and to the lavatory in a monastic cloister.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [noun] > laver
lavatorya1382
laverc1394
society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > piscina > [noun]
laverc1394
lavatory1412
lavatory stone1487
piscine1489
piscina1734
sacrarium1848
lavabo1852
lavabo basin1855
aquamanile1875
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > open vessels for liquids > [noun] > basin
basinc1220
laverc1394
stockc1450
pelvis1727
p'an1904
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the hands > vessel for washing the hands (and face)
washela1375
laverc1394
washing-bowl1530
washpot1535
washing-basin1538
cistern1577
lavacre1657
lavatorya1676
chillumchee1715
wash-hand basin1760
wash-dish1805
washbasin1812
wash-bowl1816
chamber set1824
toilet bowl1850
wash-pan1851
lavatory basin1854
wash sink1857
lavatory bowl1872
wash-trough1902
pedestal basin1967
pedestal washbasin1967
vanity basin1972
w.h.b.1975
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the hands > vessel for washing the hands (and face) > in a church or monastery
laverc1394
lavatorya1676
lavabo1832
lavabo basin1855
c1394 P. Pl Crede 196 Þan kam I to þat cloister..it was..Wiþ lauoures of latun louelyche y-greithed.
a1400 Octouian 1299 Lauor and basyn they gon calle, To wassche and aryse.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 287 Oxen, Asses, hors, and houndes..been assayed at dyuerse stoundes Bacynes, lauours, er that men hem bye.
1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 46 Also iij. basc[i]nus,..with ij. lauerus.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 232 Þy Ewry borde with basons & lauour, watur hoot & cold, eche oþer to alay.
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §2 That no merchaunt Straungier..brynge into this Realme..Chafynge disshes hangynge lavers [etc.].
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 442 b/1 He wessheth his handes at the pyscyne or lauer for this yt no thynge of the Sacramente ne may abyde at his handes.
1487 Will of Richard Laurence (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 40 A water laver for the fyr.
1488 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 10 Item a levare of silver ouregilt with a cover.
1507 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 53 Item j basen and j lauer of laten.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 6 He gart delyuir to the said pure man..ane goldin vattir lauar.
1552–3 Inventory Church Goods in Ann. Diocese Lichfield (1863) IV. 31 A handbell, a crosse of wodde, a surples, and a lavor.
1557–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 715 In factura unius hostii pro le lavers, 8d.
c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 70 Within the Cloyster Garth..was a fair Laver or Conditt.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 574 Wash thy hands in a lauer, wherin is put some Sage.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vacile, a basen to wash hands in, a lauer.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. 58 Vulcan washed Phœbus in the same lauer.
1648 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs (ed. 2) xvi. 388 In her temple at Cumæ..Justin Martyr..saw the three lavers where shee used to wash her selfe.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 182 With copious water the bright vase supplies A silver Laver, of capacious size.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 558 Young Aretus..Brought the full laver, o'er their hands to pour.
1864 Tyssen Ch. Bells of Sussex 11 [The Bell-founders' arms.] A chevron between three lavers.
b. Used to render Vulgate labrum, Hebrew kiyyōr, applied to the large brazen vessel for the ablutions of the priests, mentioned in the descriptions of the Mosaic Tabernacle and of the Temple of Solomon.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > Laver (Jewish) > [noun]
seaa1382
washing-vessel1388
laver1535
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxx. 18 Thou shalt make a brasen lauer..to wash.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings vii. 39 The lauer set he before on the righte hande towarde the south.
1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 166 The laver..was not of the capacity for one man to bath.
1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 46 Nicodemus, as a teacher in Israel, should have been looking for the antitype of temple and laver.
c. The basin of a fountain. Also, a pool or puddle. Obsolete exc. archaic.
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the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > basin
bowl?1578
laver1604
1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. E3v Some prettie distaunce from them..an artificiall Lauer or Fount was erected.
a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 305 Many stately Fountaines..casting water into Antique lavors.
1664 S. Pepys Diary 14 June (1971) V. 179 A mighty fine cool place it is, with a great laver of water in the middle.
1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Laver, a Pond or washing place.
1825 H. W. Longfellow Spirit of Poetry 14 Where the silver brook, From its full laver, pours the white cascade.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. 77 Stagnant pools,..in which the buffaloes have been lying... We frequently came to these dirty lavers.
2. transferred and figurative. The baptismal font; the spiritual ‘washing’ of baptism; in wider sense, any spiritually cleansing agency. After Greek λουτρὸν παλιγγενεσίας Tit. iii. 5: cf. lavacre n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in
laver1340
washela1375
lavatory1447
baina1492
bath-fatc1540
bathing-tub1583
batha1616
tub1776
Moab1865
bath-tub1869
bath vat1874
bogy1893
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 162 Þet oþer þing is zoþe ssrifte þet is þet lauor huer he him ssel ofte wesse.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xiii. 9 Eke thenne hit sheweth that he hath this lauure desalowid.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. ii* This holesome lauer of regeneracion.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 29 Seeyng that Baptime is called the Lauer of newe birth.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 14 This is the onely fountaine opened to the house of Dauid for Sinne and Vncleannesse, this is the onely lauer of the Church.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 59 At whose hands he receiued the lauer of baptisme.
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 2 Baptism is the Lavre of Regeneration.
a1684 R. Leighton Wks. (1835) I. 115 No other laver can fetch it out but the Sprinkling of The Blood of Jesus Christ.
1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 84 Christ's Laver hath refreshing power.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun]
swillingc1000
washing?c1225
lavendrya1483
laundry1533
laving1611
lavatory1620
lavation1627
lavement1650
laver1671
lavament1823
lustration1826
1671 L. Addison W. Barbary viii. 148 All the Musalmim of the Alcoran use washing in a mystic signification of internal purity, and..the soul receives the benefit of their corporeal Lavors.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1727 And from the stream With lavers pure and cleansing herbs wash off The clotted gore. View more context for this quotation
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 303 No other Laver can do it, no water, but that fountain opened for sin.
4. attributive.
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1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Schedule at Brass Brass of Laver Cocks the pound j.s. iv d.
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lavern.3
Heraldry.
A coulter or ploughshare when used as a bearing. Also laver cutter.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > ploughshare
laver1828
1828–40 in W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. (whence in recent Dicts.).
1894 Parker's Gloss. Heraldry at Plough Argent, a chevron between three laver cutters (or ploughshares, also called scythe blades) sable—Leversedge, co. Chester.
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† laveradj.
Obsolete. rare.
? = blabber adj.
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1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 75 Let his [sc. the hound's] lauer lip Speake in reproch of Natures workmanship.
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† laverv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To bathe.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > immerse or dip [verb (intransitive)]
bathec1200
washa1382
dipa1387
bask1393
swelter1595
laver1607
dap1886
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 37 With surfets tympany he ginning swell All wan eft lavers in Saint Buxtons well.
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