Found 2 items, similar to Levant.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Levant Levant n 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 v : run off without paying a debt
English → English (gcide) Definition: Levant 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A levanter (the wind so called). [1913 Webster] Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant; 277), a. Eastern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]