levin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of levin
1200–50; Middle English levene, obscurely akin to Gothic lauhmuni (akin to Latin lūmen light)
Example Sentences
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"Alas! fair sir," cried the blind old man, "I have not seen the blessed blue of heaven this two-score years, since a levin flash burned the sight out of my head."
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The conflagration, driven In fiery levin, roars from jungle caves; Hisses and blusters through the bamboo clusters, Crackles across the curling grass, and drives Into the river waves The forest folk!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Avengingly our from the cloud Come the levin, the bolt, and the ball!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
It was here, not in the Berenice, that the levin must fall; and he, John Gilbart, held it in his fingers.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The equinox of outraged earth shall blaze And flash its levin on your infamous might.
From Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers
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