levee

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  1. noun An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
  2. noun A small ridge or raised area bordering an irrigated field.
  3. noun A landing place on a river; a pier.
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  • He thought of the unfinished levee, then told himself that levee or not, there would have been no holding that river back. —  New Page 1
  • Everything wet is run by the Levee Board (including the graft) and everything is called a levee - by folks. —  Dvorak Uncensored
  • Two days after the Henderson County Drainage District No. 1 commissioners opted to cut holes in their levee, the full impact has yet to be determined.
  • But what was the use of Heathcote putting on his choker, or Smith and Pauncefote parting their hairs, when they didn't know whether they were going to the levee or not Heathcote made one final effort to "draw" the Sphinx Come on," said he, "we'll bag the court if we are sharp, and get an hour's quiet play I've got no racket," said Dick I say, Dick, are you going to the levee--do tell us I don't know. —  Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton
  • We had our quarters upon the levee, and before a long time had passed we organized a mess with General Strong, the officer in command at that point. —  Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
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  1. French levée, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.
  2. From French lever, a rising, from Old French, from lever, to raise, rise; see lever.

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  1. from French levée, a raising, embanking, embankment, a levy (also formerly a rising, as of the sun): see levy, the naturalized form of the word in English
  2. from levee, n.
  3. from French lever (pron. le-vā′), a rising (of the sun), a rising (from bed), a morning reception (on rising), from lever, raise, reflexive rise: see levant. The spelling levee was orig. intended to represent the F. pron. of lever. The word does not come from French levée, which has not the meaning ‘a reception.’
 

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