Le"vant (lē"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.
Le*vant" (l&esl;*vănt"), 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).
Le"vant (lē"vant; 277), a.
Eastern. [Obs.]
Forth rush the levant and the ponent
winds. Milton.
Le*vant" (l&esl;*vănt"), 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.
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