Definition of "lever" []

• A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force, as in raising or moving a weight at one end by pushing down on the other. (noun)
• A projecting handle used to adjust or operate a mechanism. (noun)
• A means of accomplishing; a tool: used friendship as a lever to obtain advancement. (noun)
• To move or lift with or as if with a lever. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Yes | No | Report from rocky d bashaw wrote 1 day 21 hours ago marlin lever 336c in 30/30 is great gun, i carry everytime i go out whether i use it or not, easy to carry and it is a killer at short range."
• "Savage bolt guns go for around $500, T/C Venture $500, Marlin lever guns for around $500 more or less."
• "I have a Marlin lever action 30-30 - different that a WInchester Model 94 (which I also have) in that the shell casings are ejected from the side as opposed to from the top."