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lavant.

A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring.

    UK · dialectal
  2. A violent flow or rush of water.

    UK · dialectal
    How it did rain! It ran down the street in a lavant.
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *lavand, *lavant, lavande, present participle of Middle English laven (“to stream, pour out a stream, wash”), from Old English lafian (“to pour water on, wash, lave, bathe, ladle out”), equivalent to lave + -and; or from Old French lavant, present participle of laver (“to wash”). See lave.

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