LEVELNESS
Lev"el*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being level.
LEVEN
Lev"en, n. Etym: [See Levin.]
Defn: Lightning. [Obs.]
Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer.
LEVER
Lev"er, a. Etym: [Old compar. of leve or lief.]
Defn: More agreeable; more pleasing. [Obs.] Chaucer. To be lever than. See Had as lief, under Had.
LEVER
Lev"er, adv.
Defn: Bather. [Obs.] Chaucer.
For lever had I die than see his deadly face. Spenser.
LEVER Le"ver, n. Etym: [OE. levour, OF. leveor, prop., a lifter, fr. F. lever to raise, L. levare; akin to levis light in weight, E. levity, and perh. to E. light not heavy: cf. F. levier. Cf. Alleviate, Elevate, Leaven, Legerdemain, Levy, n.]
1. (Mech.)