单词 | lavatur |
释义 | † lavaturn. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. 1. A place for washing. Cf. lavatory n. 5a. ΚΠ 1542 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 58 Item, ane gryt clam shell gilt for the lavatur. 2. A vessel for ceremonial or ritual washing. Cf. laver n.2 1a. ΚΠ a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 101 With lauatar, lamp, with buke and mony bell Thir Drewideis thair syne did gar to dwell. 3. Ceremonial or ritual washing or cleansing; spec. baptism. Cf. lavatory n. 2b. ΚΠ a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. f. 399, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Purg(e Gormwnd..leiffing all hethin ritis..offerit him self to the preist to be purgit with that haly lauatoure. 1609 R. C. True Hist. Disc. Muley Hamets Rising sig. H3v Circumcision they vse, and a kinde of Baptisme, but at their owne houses, not in the Churches, because women vsed about the Lauature, may not enter the Sinagogue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1542 |
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