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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), verb (used without an object) [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] --Thackeray.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant), adjective [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See {Couchant and levant}, under {Couchant}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), noun [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).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant; 277), adjective Eastern. [Obs.]
Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Levant
noun
1: a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding [syn: {Levant morocco}]
2: the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel
verb: run off without paying a debt
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Levant": Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Levant, KS Zip code(s): 67743 Levant, ME Zip code(s): 04456
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