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<hw>La"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>lava</ets> lava, orig. in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, fr. It. & L. <ets>lavare</ets> to wash. See <er>Lave</er>.]</ety> <def>The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.</def>

<note>&hand; Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and according to the material of which they consist, as doleritic, trachytic, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Lava millstone</col>, <cd>a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from the neighborhood of the Rhine.</cd> -- <col>Lava ware</col>, <cd>a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in appearance.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Lav"a*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European whitefish (<spn>Coregonus laveretus</spn>), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.</def>

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<h1>Lavatic</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>La*vat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.</def>

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<hw>La*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lavatio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>lavation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A washing or cleansing.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

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<hw>Lav"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Washing, or cleansing by washing.</def>

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<hw>Lav"a*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lavatories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>lavatorium</ets>: cf. <ets>lavatoire</ets>. See <er>Lave</er> to wash, and cf. <er>Laver</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place for washing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A basin or other vessel for washing in.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A wash or lotion for a diseased part.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A place where gold is obtained by washing.</def>

<-- 5. a room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well as one or more toilets (fixtures). also bathroom, toilet, and sometimes commode. Commode may refer to a room with a toilet (fixture) but without a sink. Toilet may refer to a small room with only a toilet fixture. -->

<h1>Lavature</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"a*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wash or lotion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lave</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Laved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Laving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>laver</ets>, L. <ets>lavare</ets>, akin to <ets>luere</ets> to wash, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Ablution</er>, <er>Deluge</er>, <er>Lavender</er>, <er>Lava</er>, <er>Lotion</er>.]</ety> <def>To wash; to bathe; <as>as, to <ex>lave</ex> a bruise</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His feet the foremost breakers <b>lave</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lave</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To bathe; to wash one's self.</def>

<blockquote>In her chaste current oft the goddess <b>laves</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lave</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>laven</ets>. See <er>Lavish</er>.]</ety> <def>To lade, dip, or pour out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>