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† level-sice Obs. Also 6 leuell suse. [app. from an altered form of the Fr. phr. lever le cul (see level-coil), in which assise (seat) was substituted, as more decent, for cul. Skelton's form may be due to association with F. sus up.] = level-coil.
1522Skelton Why not to Court? 139 We haue cast vp our war, And made a worthy trewse, With, gup, leuell suse! 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 41 Ambitious hearts do play at Level sice [orig. F. Ces cœurs ambitieux iouent au boute hors]. |