Difference between revisions of "Levee"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138219" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138219" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The act of rising. </p> <p> (2): (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. </p> <p> (4): (v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of. </p> <p> (5): (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of rising. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75987" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75987" /> == | ||
<p> A morning reception held by the sovereign or some one of high rank. </p> | <p> [[A]] morning reception held by the sovereign or some one of high rank. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The act of rising.
(2): ( n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
(3): ( v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
(4): ( v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.
(5): ( n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A morning reception held by the sovereign or some one of high rank.
