noun
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A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
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Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Examples of laver in a Sentence
A court enclosed the whole; near the porch was a laver for the ablutions of intending worshippers.
Porphyra laciniata, the edible laver; Codium tomentosum, a coarse species; Padina pavonia, common in shallow water; Ulva latissima; Haliseris polypodioides; Sargassum bacciferum; the well-known gulf weed, probably transported from the Atlantic; Zostera marina, forming dense beds in muddy bays; the roots are cast up by storms and are valuable to dress the fields.
It is pleasantly situated at the confluence of the streams Laver and Skell with the river Ure, which is crossed by a fine bridge of nine arches.
The description of the great gold lions of Solomon's throne, and the laver of cast bronze supported on figures of oxen, shows that the artificers of that time had overcome the difficulties of metal-working and founding on a large scale.
His grave is on the south side of the parish church of High Laver, in which he often worshipped, near the tombs of the Mashams, and of Damaris, the widow of Cudworth.
The foot of the laver was made of burnished brass.
Mr Laver, Oxford use the dregs of the teapot to water house plants as they will benefit from the fermenting tea leaves.
Verse 7. " And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein.
September 6 th 1903 Alfred Laver, a roundabout attendant, aged 19 years was summoned for assault on Julia Messent at Belchamp Walter.