Hypertext Webster Gateway: "laver"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Laver
(Heb. kiyor), a "basin" for boiling in, a "pan" for cooking (1
Sam. 2:14), a "fire-pan" or hearth (Zech. 12:6), the sacred
wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple (Ex. 30:18, 28; 31:9;
35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:7, 11, 30, etc.), a basin for the water
used by the priests in their ablutions.

That which was originally used in the tabernacle was of brass
(rather copper; Heb. nihsheth), made from the metal mirrors the
women brought out of Egypt (Ex. 38:8). It contained water
wherewith the priests washed their hands and feet when they
entered the tabernacle (40:32). It stood in the court between
the altar and the door of the tabernacle (30:19, 21).

In the temple there were ten lavers used for the sacrifices,
and the molten sea for the ablutions of the priests (2 Chr.
4:6). The position and uses of these are described 1 Kings
7:23-39; 2 Chr. 4:6. The "molten sea" was made of copper, taken
from Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezer, king of Zobah (1
Chr. 18:8; 1 Kings 7:23-26).

No lavers are mentioned in the second temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

3. That which washes or cleanses. --J. H. Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Laver \Lav"er\, n. [From {Lave} to wash.]
One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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 {P.
vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
{sloke}, or {sloakan}.

{Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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: {Laver}, {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}]


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