LAUNDERER
LAUNDERER, noun l'anderer. A man who follows the business of washing clothes.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LAUNDRESS
LAUNDRESS, noun l'andress. [Latin lavo.]A washer-woman; a female whose employment is to wash clothes.LAUNDRESS, verb intransitive l'andress. [supra.] To practice washing.
LAUNDRY
LAUNDRY, noun l'andry.1. A washing.2. The place or room where clothes are washed.
LAUREATE
LAU'REATE, adjective [Latin laureatus, from laurea, a laurel.]Decked or invested with laurel; as laureate hearse.Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.Poet laureate in Great...
LAUREATED
LAU'REATED, participle passive Honored with a degree and a laurel wreath.
LAUREATION
LAUREA'TION, noun The act of conferring a degree in the university, together with a wreath of laurel; an honor bestowed on those who excelled in writing verse. This was an ancie...
LAUREL
LAU'REL, noun [Latin laurus.]The bay-tree or Laurus, a genus of plants of several species.
LAURELED
LAU'RELED, adjective Crowned or decorated with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
LAURIFFEROUS
LAURIF'FEROUS, adjective [Latin laurus and fero, to bear.]Producing or bringing laurel.
LAURUSTIN
LAU'RUSTIN, noun [Latin laurustinus.] A plant of the genus Viburnum, an evergreen shrub or tree, whose flowers are said to continue through the winter.
LAUSKRAUT
LAUS'KRAUT, noun A plant of the genus Delphinium.
LAUTU
LAU'TU, noun A band of cotton, twisted and worn on the head of the Inca of Peru, as a badge of royalty.
LAVA
L'AVA, noun [probably from flowing, and from the root of Latin fluo, or lavo.]1. A mass or stream of melted minerals or stony matter which bursts or is thrown from the mouth or ...
LAVATION
LAVA'TION, noun [Latin lavatio, from lavo.] A washing or cleansing.
LAVATORY
LAV'ATORY, noun [See lave.]1. A place for washing.2. A wash or lotion for a diseased part.3. A place where gold is obtained by washing.
LAVE
LAVE, verb transitive [Latin lavo; Gr.]To wash; to bathe; a word used chiefly in poetry or rhetoric.LAVE, verb intransitive1. To bathe; to wash one's self.2. To throw up or out;...
LAVE-EARED
LA'VE-EARED, adjective Having large pendant ears. [Not in use.]
LAVEER
LAVEE'R, verb transitive In seamen's language, to tack; to sail back and forth. [I believe this word is not in common use.]
LAVENDER
LAV'ENDER, noun [Latin lavendula.] A plant, or a genus of aromatic plants, Lavandula.
LAVER
LA'VER, noun A vessel for washing; a large basin; in scripture history, a basin placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle, where the officiating priests washed their hands an...
LAVEROCK
LAVEROCK. [See lark.]
LAVING
LA'VING, participle present tense Washing; bathing.
LAVISH
LAV'ISH, adjective [I know not from what source we have received this word. It coincides in elements with Latin liber, free, liberal, and lavo, to wash.]1. Prodigal; expending o...
LAVISHED
LAV'ISHED, participle passive Expended profusely; wasted.
LAVISHER
LAV'ISHER, noun A prodigal; a profuse person.
LAVISHING
LAV'ISHING, participle present tense Expending or laying out with profusion; wasting.
LAVISHLY
LAV'ISHLY, adverb With profuse expense; prodigally; wastefully.