Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEV'EL, n.

1. A horizontal line, or a plane; a surface without inequalities. – Hale.
2. Rate; standard; usual elevation; customary highth; as, the ordinary level of the world.
3. Equal elevation with something else; a state of equality. Providence, for the must part, sets us on a level. – Spectator.
4. The line of direction in which a missile weapon is aimed.
5. An instrument in mechanics by which to find or draw horizontal line, as in setting buildings, or in making canals and drains. The instruments for these purposes are various; as the air level, the carpenter's level, the mason's level and the gunner's level.
6. Rule; plan; scheme; borrowed from the mechanical level. Be the fair level of thy actions laid. – Prior.