Lave

(imp. & p. p. LAVED; p. pr. & vb. n. LAVING.) [Fr. laver, Pr. & Sp. lavar, It. & Lat. lavare, allied to Gr. λούειν.] To wash; to bathe. [Rare, except in poetry.] Milton.

v. i. To bathe; to wash one's self. In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. Pope.

v. t. [Fr. lever, Pr., Pg., & O. Sp. levar, N. Sp. llevar, It. & Lat. levare, to raise, from Lat. levis, light in weight.] To throw up, or out; to lade out. [Obs.]

n. [A-S. lāf, the remainder, what is left, læ-fan, to leave.] The remainder; others. [Scot.]