Levant

[Le·vant]

The former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel

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Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

Noun
the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel

Noun
a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding

Verb
run off without paying a debt

a.
Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

n.
The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

n.
A levanter (the wind so called).

a.
Eastern.

v. i.
To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

Levant

Le"vant , a. [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

Levant

Le*vant" , n. [It. levante the point where the sum rises, the east, the Levant, fr.levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.] 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. 2. A levanter (the wind so called).

Levant

Le"vant , a. Eastern. [Obs.]

Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.

Levant

Le*vant" , v. i. [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.

Levanter

Le*vant"er , n. [From Levant, v.] One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]

Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

Eastern.

To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

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