laving

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“Little fear of their laving widout me, so nothing will be done till I arrive, as Brian O’Lynn said when he was walking forth to be hanged.”

From The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters by Hughes, Burton Donnel

"Sit down, Denis, sit down—don't be laving your company such a night as this."

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Trollope, Anthony

The willow branches appear to have taken on a deeper yellow in spring; perhaps it is the effect of the stronger sunshine, perhaps it is the effect of the swift, vital water laving their roots.

From A Year in the Fields by Burroughs, John

Kneeling there, stripped to the waist, he began laving his chest and shoulders and dipping his face deep into the cold water.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.

There through the summer day Cool streams are laving: There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving; There thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake Never, O never!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various