levant

-1 n. நடுநிலக்கடலின் கிழக்குக் கரைப்பகுதி.-2 n. சூதாட்டத்தில் பணயப் பணமும் இழந்த பணமும் கொடாமல் தலைமறைவாக ஓடிவிடு.

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Le"vant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) Defn: Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant. Le*vant", n. Etym: [It. levante the point where the sum 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, a. Defn: Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton. Le*vant", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] Defn: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray. Le"vant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) Defn: Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant. Le*vant", n. Etym: [It. levante the point where the sum 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, a. Defn: Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton. Le*vant", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] Defn: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.

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