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Lever   /lˈɛvər/  /lˈivər/   Listen
Lever

noun
1.
A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum.
2.
A simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum.
3.
A flat metal tumbler in a lever lock.  Synonym: lever tumbler.
verb
1.
To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.  Synonyms: jimmy, prise, prize, pry.  "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"



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"Lever" Quotes from Famous Books



... back the lever of his old 44 Winchester, and softly uncocked the arm. Then he sat down by ...
— Blazed Trail Stories - and Stories of the Wild Life • Stewart Edward White
... really capable as a truly saving idea to elevate man to a higher existence; even if we take no account of the fact that {237} each of these two fundamental dogmas of the vulgar dogmatism makes but refined egoism the lever ...
— The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality • Rudolf Schmid
... Some lever that a casket's hinge has broken Pries off a bolt, and lo! our souls are free; Each year some Open Sesame is spoken, And every decade drops ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... away, sir." Knowing that the other could see his every motion, Don Mathers hit the cocking lever of his flakflak gun with the heel of ...
— Medal of Honor • Dallas McCord Reynolds
... biting at itself, and struggling to catch its footing. John fired again, and to his shame be it said that this time his bullet went wild. At his side, however, Leo, brave as a soldier, stood firm, rapidly working the lever of his own rifle. John recovered presently and joined in. In a few seconds, although it seemed long to the younger hunter, their double fire had accounted for the grizzly, which rolled over and expired very close to them, its body ...
— The Young Alaskans in the Rockies • Emerson Hough


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