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r surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.

One who, or that which, levels.

The act or operation of making level.

The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.

In an even or level manner.

The state or quality of being level.

Spirit level. See Level.

A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level.…

The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.

The level formed by the surface of still water.

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Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott.

Level with the ground; flat. [Obs.] Bacon.

On a level. The bank is . . . aflush with the sea. Swinburne.

owards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. Each at the head leveled his deadly aim. Milton.

endicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.