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A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the ''fulcrum''), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
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An arm on a shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
A crowbar.
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(RQ:Orwell Homage)
To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
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{{quote-journal|en|author=Robert McCrum|title=Biographies of the year — review|journal=The Guardian|date=8 December 2013|titleurl=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/08/biographies-of-the-year-2013-review
To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
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A levee.
{{quote-text|en|year=1742|author=Miss Robinson|title=Mrs. Delany's Letters|section=II.191
{{quote-journal|en|author=Tim Blanning|title=The reinvention of the night|journal=Times Literary Supplement|date=21 Sep 2011
(infl of)
(topics) liver
edible animal liver as a dish or culinary ingredient
(ant)
to up (out of bed)
(uxi)
to down
(syn)
(inflection of)
'' For him was lever have at his bed's headTwenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie.'' —''The Canterbury Tales'', Geoffrey Chaucer
''But lever than this worldés goodShe would have wist how that it stood'' —''Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins'', John Gower.
(alt form)
to lift
a liver
liver (''eaten as food'')
liver (q)
to lift (up)
to up (get out of bed)
(verb form of)