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lavacre
† laˈvacre Obs. Also 6 Sc. lavachre. [ad. L. lavācrum bath, f. lavāre to wash: see lave v.1] A bath or font; esp. in figurative phrases descriptive of baptism, e.g. lavacre of regeneration, lavacre of salvation, after Tit. iii. 5 Vulg. lavacrum regenerationis (cf. laver n.2 2).1548 Udall, etc. Erasm...
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lavatory
▪ I. lavatory, n. (ˈlævətərɪ) Forms: 4–7 lavatorie, -ye, 6 lavatori, lavetarye, 4– lavatory. [ad. L. lavātōrium a place for washing, f. lavāre to wash: see lave v.1] 1. a. A vessel for washing, a laver, a bath. Also Eccl. † (a) a piscina; (b) (see quot. 1866).a 1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 606 W...
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laver
▪ I. laver, n.1 (ˈleɪvə(r), ˈlɑːvə(r)) Also 1 laber. [a. L. laver.] † 1. A water-plant mentioned by Pliny; = Gr. σίον. Obs.c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 254 Ðeos wyrt þe man sion & oðrum naman laber nemneþ byð cenned on wætum stowum. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 32 Sion otherwise called lauer is found in waters ...
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insess
▪ I. † insess, n. Obs. rare—1. [ad. med.L. insessus, f. insidēre to sit in; cf. It. insesso (Florio).] = insession 1 b.1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 186 As a Bath is a Lavacre of the whole body..so an Insess of half the body. [1706 Phillips, Insessus, a Bath for the Belly and Lower Parts.]▪ II. † inˈ...
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