in scripture history, a sacred utensil placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle, consisting of a bason, whence they drew water by cocks, for washing the hands and feet of the officiating priests, and also the entrails and legs of the victims. LAU

LAVERNA, in antiquity, the goddess of thieves and cheats among the Romans, who honoured her with public worship, because she was supposed to favour those who wished that their designs might not be discovered. Varro says, that she had an altar near one of the gates of Rome; hence called porta laverna.