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Levant : (noun)
1: a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding [syn: Levant, Levant
morocco]
2: the former name for the geographical area of the eastern
Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria
and Israel [syn: Levant]
(verb)
1: run off without paying a debt
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Levant : \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Levant : \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), n. [It. levante the point
where the sun 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).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Levant : \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant; 277), a.
Eastern. [Obs.]
Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Levant : \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Levant, KS
Zip code(s): 67743
Levant, ME
Zip code(s): 04456
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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