"Levee" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

An embankment or artificial mound of earth constructed along the mar-gin of a river, to confine tbe stream to its natural channel or prevent Inundation or overflow. State v. New orleans & N. E. R. Co., 42 La. Ann. 138, 7 South. 226; Royse v. Evansville & T. II. R. Co., 160 Ind. 592

To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee
a river.

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along
the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also,
any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in
the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

To attend the levee or levees of.

The act of rising.