LEVIGATION Lev"i*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. levigatio a smoothing: cf. F. lévigation.]
Defn: The act or operation of levigating.
LEVIN
Lev"in, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. Cf. Leven.]
Defn: Lightning. [Obs.] Spenser. Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
Spenser.
LEVINER
Lev"in*er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A swift hound.
LEVIR
Le"vir, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A husband's brother; — used in reference to levirate marriages.
LEVIRATE; LEVIRATICAL Lev"i*rate, Lev`i*rat"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. levir a husband's brother, brother-in-law; akin to Gr. lévirat leviration.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother. The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. Alford.