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lever(1) (iou)



lever noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman lever, Old & mod. French levier alt. of Old French leveor, from lever raise.]
A bar resting on a pivot, used to raise or dislodge some heavy or firmly fixed object; a crowbar; Mechanics a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar which pivots about a fulcrum and may be used to transmit force applied at a second point to move a resistant load at a third, esp. with mechanical advantage. ME.
b. gen. A bar, a pole, a rod. ME-E17.
A projecting arm or handle by which a mechanism is operated or adjusted. M19.
Toronto Sun A simple flip of a lever will enable the bike to be folded.
In full lever watch. A watch with a lever escapement. M19.
fig. A means of exerting moral force; a means of effecting something. M19.
Christian Aid News The Government has sometimes used our aid as a lever to coax countries.
Comb.: lever escapement Watchmaking an escapement in which the connection between the escape wheel and the balance is made by means of a separate lever; lever frame the frame in a railway signal-box in which the operating levers are mounted and interlocked; lever watch: see sense 4 above; leverwood the American hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginica.