01 a. Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
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Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.(Law) See: Couchant
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Webster, 1913
Levant
02 n. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
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The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
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A levanter (the wind so called).
03 a. Eastern.
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Eastern.[Obs.]“Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.” — Milton.
04 v. i. To run away from one's debts; to decamp.
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To run away from one's debts; to decamp.[Colloq. Eng.]