Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LEV'I-GATE
LEV'I-GATE, v.t. [L. lævigo, from lævis, smooth, Gr. λειος.]
- In pharmacy and chimistry, to rub or grind to a fine impalpable powder; to make fine, soft and smooth.
- To plane; to polish. – Barrow.
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