A levee.
A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
To move with a lever.
To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
A promontory.
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
dirt; rubbish
A thin, soft muslin.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
To dull or stupefy.
To powder; to pulverize.
To heat and spice something, such as wine.
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
To join two or more individual windows at mullions.