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258 words match “LAVE”

LAVE v. 4 definitions
To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron.
LAVE-EARED a.
Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
LAVEER v.
To beat against the wind; to tack. [Obs.] Dryden.
LAVEMENT n.
A washing or bathing; also, a clyster.
LAVENDER n. 2 definitions
ommon in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.
LAVER n. 6 definitions
One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
LAVEROCK n.
The lark. [Old Eng. & Scot.] [Written also lavrock.] Gower.
ANGUSTICLAVE n.
A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.
ANTISLAVERY a. 2 definitions
Opposed to slavery. -- n.
AURILAVE n.
An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
AUTOCLAVE n.
A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.
BESLAVE v.
To enslave. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
BESLAVER v.
To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
BONDSLAVE n.
A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.
CALAVERAS SKULL n.
nd in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type.…
CALAVERITE n.
nze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
CLAVE n.
imp. of Cleave. [Obs.]
CLAVECIN n.
The harpsichord.
CLAVEL n.
See Clevis.
CLAVELLATE a.
See Clavate.
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