LAVENDERING
Verb
lavendering
present participle of lavender
Source: Wiktionary
LAVENDER
Lav"en*der, n. Etym: [OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender,
a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula.
So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See Lave. to
wash, and cf. Lavender.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in
the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and
perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of
spike), used in the arts.
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more
delicate than lilac. Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic
shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) of the Mediterranean region,
formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from
wardrobes. Also called ground cypress.
– Lavender water, a perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of
lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.
– Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary.
– To lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of
lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition