lovat
a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
Origin of lovat
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How to use lovat in a sentence
General Wade was commissioned in 1724 to examine and report on the Highlands: lovat had already sent in a report.
A Short History of Scotland | Andrew LangMr. lovat Fraser, for his divine discontent with everything and everybody and his masterly use of italic type.
He listened to the account which lovat gave of the business which had brought him to Edinburgh.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 | Mrs. ThomsonIt will do as a twenty-first birthday present, as I have received no news re lovat Fraser.
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley | Thomas Hope FloydIt is also made into a verb thus, "hhrholja a lovat," "he maltreats the horse."
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars | Various
British Dictionary definitions for lovat
/ (ˈlʌvət) /
a yellowish-green or bluish-green mixture, esp in tweeds or woollens
Origin of lovat
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