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Corvee :: Corvee (n.) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign..

Laveer :: Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.

Levee :: Levee (n.) The act of rising.

Levee :: Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee..

Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.

Levee :: Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river..

Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river..

Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..

Lovee :: Lovee (n.) One who is loved.

Reservee :: Reservee (n.) One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor..

Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..

Veer :: Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel..

Veered :: Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Vee.

Veering :: Veering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vee.

Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.

Veery :: Veery (n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush..