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<hw>Le"vant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., p. pr. of <ets>lever</ets> to raise.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See <cref>Couchant and levant</cref>, under <er>Couchant</er>.</def>

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<hw>Le*vant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>levante</ets> the point where the sum rises, the east, the Levant, fr.<ets>levare</ets> to raise, <ets>levarsi</ets> to rise: cf. F. <ets>levant</ets>. See <er>Lever</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A levanter (the wind so called).</def>

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<hw>Le"vant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Eastern.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Forth rush the <b>levant</b> and the ponent winds. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Le*vant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>levantar</ets> to raise, go from one place to another.]</ety> <def>To run away from one's debts; to decamp.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

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<hw>Le*vant"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Levant</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>One who levants, or decamps.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Le*vant"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Levant</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.</def>

<i>W. H. Russell.</i>

<h1>Levantine</h1> <Xpage=846>

<hw>Le*vant"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>levantin</ets>, or It. <ets>levantino</ets>. See <er>Levant</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Levant.</def>

<i>J. Spencer.</i>

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<hw>Le*vant"ine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of the Levant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[F. <ets>levantine</ets>, or It. <ets>levantina</ets>.]</ety> <def>A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant.</def>

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<hw>Le*va`ri fa"ci*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Law L., cause to be levied.]</ety> <def>A writ of execution at common law.</def>

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<hw>Le*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>levatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a <i>levator</i> muscle.</def>

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