Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEV'Y, n.

1. The act of collecting men for military, or other public service, as by enlistment, enrollment or other means. 1 Kings v.
2. Troops collected; an army raised. 1 Kings v.
3. The act of collecting money for public use by tax or other imposition.
4. War raised. [Not in use.] – Shak. Levy in mass, a requisition of the whole body of soldiery in the service.