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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of lavish.

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  • noun Plural form of lava.

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Examples

  • Let those who have the opportunity to examine, say, what are to be found in proper lavas, that is, those of the erupted kind.

    Theory of the Earth~ Part 3 (historical) 1788

  • Hot springs rising through alkaline siliceous rocks, such as lavas, often deposit silica in a white spongy formation known as

    The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900

  • It is to these materials that the name of "lavas" is properly applied.

    The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877

  • Here, among the graves on the beach, lightly clad in ahu's and lava-lavas, flower - crowned and garlanded, with great phosphorescent hibiscus blossoms in their hair, youths and maidens were dancing.

    THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

  • At her heels ran two of her sailors, Papehara and Mahameme, in scarlet lava-lavas, with naked sheath-knives gleaming in their belts.

    Chapter 13 2010

  • Breech-clouts, lava-lavas, and bare legs were not tolerated.

    A GOBOTO NIGHT 2010

  • Domine tu mihi lavas pedes - Manuel Cardoso (1566 – 1650)

    Tenebrae and Holy Thursday, St. John Cantius 2009

  • They had been down to the Balesuna making an alligator trap, and, instead of trousers, were clad in lava-lavas that flapped gracefully about their stalwart limbs.

    Chapter 8 2010

  • But more precious than the entire collection is another head, perfectly dried and cured, with sandy hair and a yellowish beard, which is kept wrapped in the finest of fibre lava-lavas.

    MAUKI 2010

  • Since last night at 3.00 pm the Nyamulagira volcano has been spitting lavas.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Congo Volcano "Devastating"; Raises "Concern for Human Settlements" 2010

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