Lev"er*ock (-k), n. [See Lark.] A lark. [Scot.]

Lev"er*wood` (lv"r*wd`), n. (Bot.) The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya

Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.

Lev"e*sel (lv"*sl), n. [AS. leáf a leaf + sæl, sel, a room, a hall.] A

leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage. [Obs.]

Behind the mill, under a levesel.

Chaucer.

Lev"et (lv"t), n. [Cf. F. lever to raise.] A trumpet call for rousing

soldiers; a reveille. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Lev"i*a*ble (lv"**b'l), a. [From Levy to assess.] Fit to be levied;

capable of being assessed and collected; as, sums leviable by course of

law. Bacon.

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