levi

n. [ Heb. livyāthān. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whale, or a great whale. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who levies. Cartwright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Levigate, v. t. ] Capable of being levigated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to lighten, fr. l&ebreve_;vis light. ] Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. levigatus, p. p. ] Made smooth, as if polished. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Levigated p. pr. & vb. n. Levigating. ] [ L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. lēvis smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os. ] To make smooth in various senses: (a) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste. (b) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids. (c) To polish. (d) To make smooth in action. “ When use hath levigated the organs.” Barrow. (e) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. levigatio a smoothing: cf. F. lévigation. ] The act or operation of levigating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. Cf. Leven. ] Lightning. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]