rare. [f. LAVE v.1] a. The sea. b. The action of laving, wash.
1825. ‘Blackmantle’ (Westmacott), Engl. Spy (1826), 177. Like the sea-mew that skims o’er the lave.
1865. Dublin Univ. Mag., II. 350. The crystal lymph Through sands and ivy pulsed with ceaseless lave.
