lavage 
lavage 2 (la' vaj), n. [= F. lavage = Pg. lavagem ; 
as lave* + '-age.'] A laving or washing; in 
med., the process of cleansing by injection 
of fluids; specifically, the washing out of the 
stomach, as in gastritis. 
Latiaqe of the stomach has accomplished . . . wonder- 
ful results in the treatment of gastric affections. 
Therapeutic Gazette, VIII. 530. 
lavaltot, n. An obsolete variant of lavolta. 
lavandert, See lavender' 1 : 
Lavandula (la-van'du-la), n. [NL. (Linnaaus), 
< ML. lava.ndu.la, lavend'ula, lavender: see laven- 
dei-2.] A genus of labiate plants, containing 
the lavenders, of the tribe Ocimoidece, and con- 
stituting the subtribe Lavandulece. It is charac- 
terized by having the calyx tubular (with 13 to 16 stria;) 
and 5-toothed, and small flowers in spikes. There are 
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lavatic (la-vat'ik), a, [< lava + -attc 1 .] Con- 
sisting of or resembling lava; la vie. 
lavation(la-va'shon), n. [= OF. lavacion = Sp. 
lavacion = It. lavazione,< L. lavatio(n-), a bath,< 
lavare, wash: see fare'-*.] A washing or cleans- 
ing. 
Such filthy stuffe was by loose lewd varlets sung before 
her [Berecynthia's] charet on the solemne day of her lam 
tion. Uakemtt, Apology, IV. t 7. 
Opposite to these are placed the appurtenances of lava- 
tion, richly wrought in frosted silver. 
Cartyle, Sartor Resartus, p. 197. 
lavatory (lav'a-to-ri), a. and n. [I. a. < L. as 
if 'lavatorius, adj.',<LL. lavator, a clothes-wash- 
er, < lavare, pp. lamtus, wash: see lave' 2 . II. n. 
< ME. lavatory = F. lavatoire = Sp. Pg. lava- 
torio = It. lavatojo, < LL. lavatoritim, a place 
for bathing, neut. of *lavatorius : see I.] I. . 
Washing, or cleansing by washing. 
II. n.; pi- lavatories (-riz). 1. A room or 
place for washing, or where anything is washed. 
They baptized in rivers or in lavatories, by dipping or by 
sprinkling. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 130. 
We landed at a floating lavatory, where the washerwo- 
men were still beating the clothes. 
R. L. Stevenson, Inland Voyage, p. 201. 
2. A sort of concave stone table upon which, 
in the middle ages, dead bodies were washed 
Lavender (Lavandula vfra~[. 
i. lower part of plant ; y, inflorescence : n, flower ; b, pistil. 
about 20 species, chiefly natives of the Mediterranean re- 
gion, but ranging from the Canary Islands to India. They 
are perennial herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs, with the 
leaves often crowded at the base, and whorls of flowers, 
blue or violet, arranged in cylindrical spikes, and sub- 
tended by bracts which are often large and colored. See 
lavenders. 
Lavandulese (lav-an-du'le-e), n. pi. [NL. (End- 
licher, 1836), < Lavandula + -e<z.~\ A subtribe 
of labiate plants of the tribe Ocimoidew. It is 
characterized by having the lobes of the corolla nearly 
equal, the upper lip twice cleft, the lower thrice cleft, and 
the stamens included within the tube of the corolla. It 
embraces the genus Lavandula, or lavender-plants, only. 
lavanget, n. [Of. OF. lavache, lavace, lavasse, 
a heavy rain, an inundation, < laver, wash : see 
tow 2 .] Same as lavant. 
lavant (la'vant), . [Also lei-ant; appar. < OF. 
lavant (applied to a spring), ppr. of laver, wash : 
see lavei. Cf. laeange.'] A shallow and more or 
less intermittent spring. [Prov. Eng.] 
The land-springs, which we call lavant*, break out much 
on the downs of Sussex, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. 
QUbert White, Nat. Hist, of Selborne, ii. 19. 
lavaret (lav'a-ret), n. [F.] A kind of white- 
fish, Coregonus lavaretus, found in European 
lakes, as of Switzerland, Germany, and Swe- 
den. Also called adelfisch. 
lavast, a. An obsolete form of lavish. 
Lavatera (la-va'te-ra), n. [NL. (Tournefort, 
1700), dedicated to the two Lavaters, physicians 
and naturalists of Zurich.] A genus of malva- 
ceous plants of the tribe Malvete, subtribe Eu- 
malvece. It is closely related to Malm, the true mallows, 
but differs from that genus in having from 6 to 9 bractlets 
under the flowers (these being united at the base), and in 
the projecting and dilated carpels. There are over 20 spe- 
cies, chiefly natives of the Mediterranean region and west- 
ern Europe, but 2 occur on the Canary Islands, 1 in central 
Asia, and 1 in Australia. They are tomentose or hirsute 
herbs, shrubs, or small trees, with angled or lobed leaves, 
and variously colored flowers, either solitary in the axils or 
in terminal racemes. L. arborea, the best-known species, 
is the tree-mallow or sea-mallow of Europe, which grows 
wild on the rocky coasts from Spain to Scotland. In cul- 
tivation it attains a height of 8 or 10 feet. It has pale pur- 
le-red flowers in long racemes at the ends of the annually 
owering branches. It contains an abundance of mu- 
cilaginous matter, and yields a poor fiber. In common 
with other soft-leafed malvaceous plants, it is sometimes 
called velvetleaf. Nearly all the species of this genus 
are sometimes cultivated. 
Lavatory, Abbey of Cluny. 
(From Viollet-le-Duc's "Diet, de rArchitecture."} 
before burial, in monasteries, hospitals, and 
elsewhere. 3. In med., a wash or lotion for a 
diseased part. 
lavaturet (lav'a-tur), n. [= It. lavatura, < L. 
lavatus, pp. of toJare,wash: see fare 2 .] Awash 
or lotion. Holland. 
lave 1 (lav), .; pret. and pp. faced, ppr. laving. 
[< ME. laven, < AS. laflan, gelafian (rare), pour 
out or sprinkle water, = D. laven = OHG. labon, 
laben, MHG. laben, wash, G. laben, refresh ; cf. 
Gr. AaTrdfeiv. aiair&^eiv, empty out. Connection 
with tore 2 , < L. la-care, wash, is uncertain. The 
two words in E. seem to have become confused. 
Hence lavish.'] I.t trans. 1. To pour or throw 
out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. 
Pounding of water in a mortar, laving 
The sea dry with a nutshell. 
B. Jonson, Devil is an Ass, v. 2. 
And now, as we were weary with pumping and laving 
out the water, almost sinking, it pleas'd God on the sud- 
daine to appease the wind. Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 11, 1644. 
A fourth with labour laves 
The intruding seas, and waves ejects on waves. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xi. 448. 
2. To draw, as water; drink in. 
He [Orpheus] . . . soong in wepyng al that ever he 
hadde resseyvyd and laced [tr. L. hauserat] out of the no- 
ble welles of his modyr Calyope the goddes. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iii. meter 12. 
3. To give bountifully ; lavish. 
He lauez his gyf tez as water of dyche. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 607. 
II. intrans. 1 . To run down or gutter, as a 
candle. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To hang or flap 
down. Compare lave-eared. [Prov. Eng.] 
His ears hang lavinff like a new lugg'd swine. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, IV. i. 72. 
lave 2 (lav), v.; pret. and pp. laved, ppr. laving. 
[< ME. laven, < OF. laver, F. laver = Sp. Pg. fa- 
var = It. lavare, < L. lavare (pp. lautus, lotus, la- 
ratus), wash, bathe, akin to luere, wash, bathe, 
= Gr. toveiv, wash, bathe. From L. lavare come 
also E. lava, lavender^, lavender^, launder, laun- 
dry, etc., lotion, etc. , and from luere, E. ablution, 
alluvium, deluge, diluvial, dilute, etc.] I. trans. 
To wash ; bathe. 
My house within the city 
Is richly furnished with plate and gold ; 
Basins, and ewers, to lave her dainty hands. 
Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 350. 
The left presents a place of graves, 
Whose wall the silent water laves. 
Parnell, A Night Piece, Death. 
II. intrans. 1. To wash one's self; bathe. 
Ever since I heedlessly did toe 
In thy deceitful stream. Keats, Endymion, ii. 
lavender 
2. To serve for washing or bathing ; wash or 
flow as against something. 
But, as I rose out of the laving stream, 
Heaven open'd her eternal doors. 
Milton, P. B., i. 280. 
These waters blue that round you lave. Byron. 
lave 3 (lav), n. [< ME. lave, laif, lafe, < AS. to/ 
(= OS. leba = OFries. lava = OHG. leiba, leipa, 
MHG. leibe = Icel. leif, pi. leifar = Dan. lee 
(frequent in local names: Haderstec, Snolde- 
lov, etc.) = Goth, laiba), what is left, < "lifan, 
remain: see Zeai'e 1 .] What is left; the re- 
mainder ; the rest. [Scotch.] 
We had better lose ane than lose a' the lave. 
Archie of Ca'fteld (Child's Ballads, VI. 93). 
Weel pleased to think her bairn 's respected like the lave. 
Burns, Cottar's Saturday Night 
lave-eared (lav'erd), a. Long-eared; flap- 
eared. [Prov. Eng.] 
A lave-ear"d asse with gold may trapped be. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, II. ii. B4. 
laveert (la-ver'), [= G- lavicrcn, laviren, 
< D. laveeren, now laveren, tack, laveer, < OF. 
louvier, F. louvoyer, beat to windward, luff, < 
louf, lof, loof, luff: see too/2, i u ff.] Naut., to 
sail back and forth ; tack. 
But those that 'gainst stiff gales laveering go 
Must be at once resolv'd and skilful too. 
Dryden, Astnea Redux, 1. 65. 
laveerert, One who tacks or works up against 
the wind. 
They [the schoolmen] are the best laveerers in the world, 
and would have taught a ship to have catched the wind, 
that it should have gained half in half, though it had been 
contrary. Clarendon, Essays, I. 253. 
lavel (la'vel), n. [Prob. a var. of label.'] The 
flap that covers the top of the windpipe. Hal- 
liwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
lave-lugged (lav'lugd), a. Same as lave-eared. 
Halliwett, [Prov. Eng.] 
lavementt (lav'ment), n. [< F. lavement = Pr. 
lavament = Sp. lavamiento = Pg. It. lavamento; 
as fase 2 + -ment.'] 1 . The act of laving ; a wash- 
ing or bathing. 2. A clyster. 
lavender if (lav'en-der), n. [< ME. lavender, 
lavyndere, lavander, lavendre (also contr. laun- 
der, launderre, landar, > mod. E. launder), < OF. 
lavandier, lavendier, m., lavandiere, lavendiere, 
t., = Sp. lavandero, lavandera = Pg. lavandeira, 
= It. lavandajo, m., lavandaja, lavandara, f ., < 
ML. lavandarius, m., lavandaria, lavanderia, f., 
a washer, < L. lavandus, gerundive of lavare, 
wash: see laver'*."] A washer; a washerwo- 
man ; a laundress. 
Envye ys lavendere of the court alway ; 
For she ne parteth neither nyght ne day 
Out of the nous of Cesar, thus saith Daunte. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 367. 
lavender 1 (lav'en-der), v. t. [< lavender, n. Cf. 
launder, v."] To launder; wash. [An archaism.] 
Conceiting that the smell of soap, from the lavender- 
ing in the back-yard, gave a stain to such flowers ... as 
were born there. N. P. Willie, New Mirror (1843). 
lavender 2 (lav'en-der), n. and a. [< ME. la- 
vendere, lavendre, lavandre = OF. "lavendre = 
Sp. (obs.) lavdndula = It. lavandola = D. laven- 
del = MHG. lavendele, lavendel, G. lavendel = 
Dan. Sw. lavendel, < ML. lavandvla, lavendula, 
lavender; also F. Idvande, < It. lavanda, laven- 
der, < lavanda, a washing (so called, as vari- 
ously stated, because used in washing, or be- 
cause laid in freshly washed linen, or because 
its distilled water is used), < lavare, < L. lavare, 
wash: see tore 2 .] I. n. 1. An aromatic plant 
of the genus Lavandula, primarily L. vcra, the 
true lavender, which is used as a perfume. See 
Lavandula. 
Here's flowers for you ; 
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram. 
Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 104. 
Crowned lilies, standing near 
Purple-spiked lavender. 
Tennyson, Ode to Memory. 
2. The color of lavender-blossoms ; a very pale 
lilac-color, which in consequence of its paleness 
appears less reddish. A mixture of color-disks f, white 
+ J artificial ultramarine -f- ^ vermilion gives a lavender. 
A very pale lavender is called a lavender-gray ; a still paler 
color a French white. Oil of lavender, or lavender- 
Oil, an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flow- 
ers and flower-stems of lavender. It is an aromatic stim- 
ulant and tonic. An inferior lavender-oil called oil of 
spike, is yielded by Lamndula Spica, which, together with 
that from L. Staechas, is used by porcelain-painters and 
artists in the preparation of their varnishes. French 
lavender, Lavandula Spica. Sea-lavender, the plant 
Statice Limonimn.To lay In lavender, (a) To lay by 
carefully, as clothes, with sprigs of lavender among them. 
And a black sattin suit of his own to go before her in ; 
which suit (for the more sweet'ning) now lies in lavender. 
B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iii. 3. 
