What does unlaving mean?
Unlaving means (archaic) Not washing; not bathing..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Not washing; not bathing..
The poem concluded, those who took only the cold bath began to undress; they […] withdrew into that graceful and circular building which yet exists, to shame the unlaving posterity of the south.
Together with a number of allied plants, the peasants in the Holy Land burn it for exportation still; and the soap used by the unlaving Greeks and Egyptians is nearly all of it imported from Nablus — the ancient Shechem of the Bible — in Palestine.
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Unlaving means (archaic) Not washing; not bathing..
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The poem concluded, those who took only the cold bath began to undress; they […] withdrew into that graceful and circular building which yet exists, to shame the unlaving posterity of the south.
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