Part 6411

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Lavic</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>La"vic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Lavatic</er>.</def>

<h1>Lavish</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Akin to E. <ets>lave</ets> to lade out; cf. AS. <ets>gelafian</ets> to refresh, G. <ets>laben</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; <as>as, <ex>lavish</ex> of money; <ex>lavish</ex> of praise.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Superabundant; excessive; <as>as, <ex>lavish</ex> spirits</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Let her have needful, but not <b>lavish</b>, means. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See <er>Profuse</er>.</syn>

<h1>Lavish</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"ish</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lavished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lavishing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; <as>as, to <ex>lavish</ex> money or praise</as>.</def>

<h1>Lavisher</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"ish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lavishes.</def>

<h1>Lavishly</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"ish*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lavish manner.</def>

<h1>Lavishment</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of lavishing.</def>

<h1>Lavishness</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being lavish.</def>

<h1>Lav</sium</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>La*v<?/"si*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Lavoisier</ets>, the celebrated French chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable.</def>

<h1>Lavolt, Lavolta</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw><hw>La*volt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>La*vol"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.<ets>la volta</ets> the turn, turning, whirl. Cf. <er>Volt</er> of a horse, <er>Volta</er>.]</ety> <def>An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lavoltateer</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>La*vol`ta*teer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dancer of the lavolta.</def>

<h1>Lavour</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lav"our</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A laver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>