Levant

(Synop., § 130), a. [See infra.] Eastern; denoting the part of the hemisphere where the sun rises. Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton. Levant and couchant. (Law.) See COUCHANT.

n. [Fr. levant, It., Sp., & Pg. levante, the point where the sun rises, the east, the levant, from Fr. lever, It. levare, to raise, se lever, levant, to rise. See LAVE.] A country to the eastward; but especially, the countries of Turkey, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Egypt, &c., which are washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

v. t. To run away disgracefully. [Cant. Eng.]