Lever vs Bever - What's the difference?
lever | bever |
(mechanics) 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).
(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
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(mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
To move with a .
(figuratively) To use, operate like a .
To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
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(obsolete) Rather.
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(rare) A levee.
* 1742 , Miss Robinson, Mrs. Delany's Letters , II.191:
* 2011 , Tim Blanning, "The reinvention of the night", Times Literary Supplement , 21 Sep 2011:
To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.
* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur , page 25:
A movable covering for the mouth and chin on a close helmet.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 8:
A drink.
A snack or light refreshment between meals.
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*:It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are.
*1604 , Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus :
*:Thirty meals a day and ten bevers .
*1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers :
*:Very softly I boiled water, made a sandwich from the remains of the luncheon roast chicken, scalded the Twining creature. Then I softly carried my bever to the study on a tray.
In lang=en terms the difference between lever and bever
is that lever is to move with a while bever is to tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between lever and bever
is that lever is (obsolete) rather while bever is (obsolete) to take a light repast between meals.As nouns the difference between lever and bever
is that lever is (mechanics) 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 or lever can be (rare) a levee while bever is a movable covering for the mouth and chin on a close helmet or bever can be a drink.As verbs the difference between lever and bever
is that lever is to move with a while bever is to tremble; shake; quiver; shiver or bever can be (obsolete) to take a light repast between meals.As an adverb lever
is (obsolete) rather.lever
English
(wikipedia lever)Etymology 1
From (etyl) leveor, ; see levant. Compare alleviate, elevate, leaven.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers , with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}
Verb
- ''With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.
Derived terms
* leverage * compound lever * lever escapement * lever jack * lever watch * universal leverEtymology 2
From (etyl) comparative of of Germanic origin (compare German lieb) or lief.Adverb
(-)- for I had lever be without ye / Then have suche besines about ye
- Now therefore take my life from me, for I had lever die then live.
- For lever had I die than see his deadly face.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) lever.Noun
(en noun)- We do not appear at Phœbus's Levér .
- Louis XIV’s day began with a lever at 9 and ended (officially) at around midnight.
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* *Anagrams
* * ----bever
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness.
Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* beaverNoun
(en noun)- Some close helmets have a farther improvement called a bever', the '''bever''' when closed covers the mouth and chin, and either lifts up by revolving on the same pivots as the visor, or lets down by means of two or more pivots on each side near the jaws, in which case the ' bever consists of several laminæ or plates, one shutting over the other.
