LEVANT
Le"vant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law)
Defn: Rising or having risen from rest; — said of cattle. See
Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
LEVANT
Le*vant", n. Etym: [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.
Defn: Eastern. [Obs.]
Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.
LEVANT Le*vant", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.]
Defn: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.]
Thackeray.
LEVANTER
Le*vant"er, n. Etym: [From Levant, v.]