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1.(in biblical use) a large brass bowl used by Jewish priests for ritual washing.
‘Bunyan said of the things with which one could commit idolatry when binding God with them, the laver and Table, that by the free grace of God, ‘Here’s such as helpeth Man’s Salvation.’’
‘Before presenting themselves to God, the priests of the temple washed themselves in a laver located in the temple.’
2.A basin or similar container used for washing oneself.
‘Hand washing was sometimes done at a laver or built-in basin in a recess in the hall entrance, with a projecting trough.’
‘For although a circular water container would not be unusual, this basin of water could easily have been called simply a basin or laver, as was the case with the simpler original.’
3.An edible seaweed with thin flat fronds of a reddish-purple and green colour that becomes black when dry. Laver typically grows on exposed shores, but in Japan it is cultivated in estuaries.
‘The best known are the cockles of the Glamorgan sands and laver, edible seaweed that is gathered around the south and west coasts.’
‘I had had no idea how it would turn out, but laver and cream went well, to my surprise - although I am sure that, without yuzu-kosho, it would have tasted too dull.’
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