Available Definitions:
1) n. - A vessel for washing; a large basin.
2) n. - A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
3) n. - One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
4) n. - That which washes or cleanses.
5) n. - One who laves; a washer.
6) n. - The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.