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Definition of Leveeing
1. levee [v] - See also: levee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leveeing
Literary usage of Leveeing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Agriculturist (1847)
"We are pro- gressing slowly with leveeing the salt marsh, in which we liml a
considerable quantity of marl, aluminous earth, and decomposed vegetable matter ..."
2. Drainage and Reclamation of Swamp and Overflowed Lands by Charles Kettleborough (1914)
"(f) leveeing Blue River, Shelby County. ... was passed on January 10, 1845, to
provide for the leveeing of either side of Blue River in Shelby county, ..."
3. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union by United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott (1896)
"... leveeing, Assistant Adjutant-General. KANSAS CITY, May 31,1865—10.30 am
Major-General POPE: The following shows condition of affairs in this portion of ..."
4. Acts and Resolutions Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly of by Iowa (1904)
"LEVEES, DITCHES, DRAINS AND WATER COURSES. 8. F. 16. AN ACT to promote the public
health, convenience and welfare, by leveeing, ditching and draining the ..."
5. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Board of Trade by National Board of Trade (U.S.) (1872)
"Those States and cities themselves were too poor to do anything towards the
leveeing or re-constructing the levees. The gentleman from Philadelphia, ..."
6. De Bow's Review by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1867)
"Long experience satisfies me that the leveeing system is ruinous, both to the
country and river navigation. Twenty-eight or thirty years ago, ..."
7. De Bow's Review by Making of America Project (1850)
"The objections to the system of leveeing as a remedy for this evil. It is well
known to those who have been in the lower country, ..."
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