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The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.

A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.

Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.

A washing or cleansing. [Obs. or R.]

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

A wash or lotion. [Obs.]

Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.

A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

Set; fast; fixed. Dr. John Smith.

Irrelevancy.

The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument.

Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case. -- Ir*rel"a*vant*ly, adv.

A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single pendant, or drop.

A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland.

. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.

A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

ce or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.

Æ. Pavia. -- Small buckeye is Æ. paviflora. -- Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Æ. flava.