LAVE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron.

2.
v.

To bathe; to wash one's self. In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. Pope.

3.
v.

To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] Dryden.

4.
n.

The remainder; others. [Scot.] Bp. Hall.

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