laver

plural lavers

1. countableuncountableA red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

   To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.

   1847, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], “Roasting”, in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual. […], 8th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →OCLC, paragraph 19, pages 106–107

2. countableuncountableOther seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
3. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
   1. countableuncountablePorphyra vulgaris

plural lavers

1. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
2. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.

   Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

   Synonyms: washbasin

3. The spiritual washing or ablution of baptism.

   She was afterwards regenerated by the laver of holy baptism, and lived for many years in the service of that knight (as I have frequently heard from him and his family), and was rather loose and wanton in her conduct.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 282

plural lavers

1. One who laves: a washer.

plural Lavers

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

alternative Lavar · alternative Lavehr

1. A village in Iran, known for its Kerman carpets.