Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.
Milton.
Le*vant" (l*vnt"), 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.
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Le*vant"er (l*vnt"r), n. [From Levant, v.] One who levants, or decamps.
[Colloq. Eng.]
Le*vant"er, n. [From Levant, n.] A strong easterly wind peculiar to the
Mediterranean. W. H. Russell.
Le*vant"ine (l*vnt"n or lv"ant*n; 277), a. [F. levantin, or It.
levantino. See Levant, n.] Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer.
Le*vant"ine, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Levant.
2. [F. levantine, or It. levantina.] A stout twilled silk fabric,
formerly made in the Levant.
||Le*va`ri fa"ci*as (l*v`r f"sh*s). [Law L., cause to be levied.] A
||writ of execution at common law.
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Le*va"tion (l*v"shn), n. [L. levatio.] The act of raising; elevation;
upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
Le*va"tor (l*v"tr), n. [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n.] 1.
(Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the
eyelid.
2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the
skull.
Leve (lv), a. Dear. See Lief. [Obs.] Chaucer.