Found 2 items, similar to Laver.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Laver Laver n 1: Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938) [syn: Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver ] 2: (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions 3: edible red seaweeds [syn: red laver] 4: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn: sea lettuce ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Laver Laver \Lav"er\, n. [From Lave to wash.] One who laves; a washer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n. The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima ; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and Porphyra vulgaris . It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan. [1913 Webster] Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains [1913 Webster] Laver \Lav"er\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L. lavatorium a washing place. See Lavatory.] 1. A vessel for washing; a large basin. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. That which washes or cleanses. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]