Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - levee
Levee
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1. n. 1 archaic or US an assembly of visitors or guests, esp. at a formal reception. 2 hist. (in the UK) an assembly held by the sovereign or sovereign's representative at which men only were received. 3 hist. a reception of visitors on rising from bed. Etymology: F lev{eacute} var. of lever rising f. lever to rise: see LEVY 2. n. US 1 an embankment against river floods. 2 a natural embankment built up by a river. 3 a landing-place, a quay. Etymology: F lev{eacute}e fem. past part. of lever raise: see LEVY
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I. noun Etymology: French lever, from Middle French, act of arising, from (se) lever to rise Date: 1672 a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed, an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men, a reception usually in honor of a particular person, II. noun see: lever Date: circa 1720 1. an embankment for preventing flooding, a river landing place ; pier, a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded, III. transitive verb (~d; ~ing) Date: 1832 to provide with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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