Part 6490

<h1>Leverock</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"er*ock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lark</er>.]</ety> <def>A lark.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Leverwood</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"er*wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The American hop hornbeam (<spn>Ostrya Virginica</spn>), a small tree with very tough wood.</def>

<h1>Levesel</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"e*sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>le\'a0f</ets> a leaf + <ets>s\'91l</ets>, <ets>sel</ets>, a room, a hall.]</ety> <def>A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Behind the mill, under a <b>levesel</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Levet</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lever</ets> to raise.]</ety> <def>A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Leviable</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Levy</er> to assess.]</ety> <def>Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; <as>as, sums <ex>leviable</ex> by course of law</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Leviathan</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Le*vi"a*than</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>livy\'beth\'ben</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned on other passages of Scripture.</def>

<note>&hand; It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The whale, or a great whale.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Levier</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who levees.</def>

<i>Cartwright.</i>

<h1>Levigable</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*ga*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Levigate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Capable of being levigated.</def>

<h1>Levigate</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>levigare</ets> to lighten, fr. <ets>l<?/vis</ets> light.]</ety> <def>Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir. T. Elyot.</i>

<h1>Levigate</h1> <Xpage=846>