On the other hand, the labour party try to use the dissatisfied tenant as a fulcrum by means of which to bring their lever to bear upon the landlord.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The result seemed likely to turn on whether the victim's back hair would endure the tension as a fulcrum, or would come rippin' out like so much grarse.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
This they did by means of two rails, using one as a fulcrum and one as a lever, having shortened them enough to enable the work to be done from inside the pen.
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page