Levantn.1
/lᵻˈvant/, U.S. /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/ 1. Geography. †(a) The countries of the East. the High Levant = the far East (cf. high adj. 2). cloth of Levant = bezetta n. (see quot. 1558). Obsolete. (b) spec. The eastern part of the Mediterranean, with its islands and the countries adjoining.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun]
Levant1497
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [noun]
the High Levant1497
Far East1852
Farther East1876
Near North1935
the golden triangle1973
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > paints or colours > reddening
reda1398
cloth of Levant1497
red leather1545
safflower1583
cheek-varnish1598
vermilion1600
rubric1650
rud1651
Spanish wool1678
French reda1680
saffranon1731
French rouge?1745
rouge1746
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 218 A viage to be made into the levaunt.
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount iv. f. 80 To make a kinde of cloth, called cloth of Leuant wherwith women vse to colour their faces.
1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation iii. i. sig. G.viv The Hydrographers..haue chaunged the names, callyng the Leuant or Orient, East. The Ponent or Occident, West.
1599 R. Bodenham in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 99 My voiage to the Ilands of Candia and Chio in the Leuant.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Pp3 It is the vse of Chyna, and the Kingdomes of the High Leuant . View more context for this quotation
1688 London Gaz. No. 2320/3 Not to allow Pratique to any Ships coming from the Levant.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Levant, in Geography, signifies any Country situate to the East of us.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 453/1 Levant..is also commonly used..to designate the eastern or Asiatic shores of that sea [the Mediterranean].
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen v. 73 The Grecian race, against which you will be cautioned so carefully as soon as you touch the Levant.
2. An easterly wind blowing up the Mediterranean; a levanter. ? Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > east > specifically in Mediterranean
Levanta1665
Levanter1790
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 81 The 29. there came a fresh gale att S.E.; which..blowed constantely a strong Leuante.
1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 293 Carpathian Gale... We term it at Sea, a strong Levant.
1763 H. More in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 450 Setting sail with a light Levant, to pass the strait to the westward.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Levant, a wind coming from the east, which freshens as the sun rises.
3. A kind of leather = Levant morocco n. at Compounds 3.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > other types of leather
redlashOE
lasch14..
leather-hungry1478
spruce1570
chicken skina1685
bridle leather1794
russet1813
goose-skin1826
Levant1880
whang1883
Persian1889
nubuck1912
1880 Times 25 Sept. 4/5 The leathers known..as Levants, Memels and Cordovans.
Compounds
C1. With sense ‘east-, eastern’, as levant sea, levant wind.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective]
eastereOE
easteOE
eastwardeOE
easterlyOE
eastenlOE
easterna1398
orientalc1425
orient?c1450
Levant1601
easternly?a1606
eastwardlya1613
Levantine1649
Eoan1820
eastwards1838
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Near East
Levant1601
Near East1856
Nearer East1891
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 129 It begins at the Levant sea of Oriental Indians.
1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 386 She is built upon the utmost levant point of Europe.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 704 Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent Windes. View more context for this quotation
1691 London Gaz. No. 2655/2 She was driven by a strong Levant Wind from her Anchor in that Bay.
1798 Lady Hunter Let. in M. Hunter Jrnl. (1894) 131 Some days before the rain came we had what they call a levant wind.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 656 Breathless, the ponent wind in vain he plies, Nor can the levant lift him.
C2. With sense ‘pertaining to or coming from the Levant’, as Levant feathers, Levant sea, Levant skin, Levant taffeta, Levant thrift (a plant).
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Near East
Levant1503
Levantine1649
Near Eastern1906
1503–4 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 239 Tua gret beddis of levand fedderis.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 482 Caryophyllus Mediterraneus. Leuant Thrift, or Sea Gilloflower.
a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) ii. sig. D1v A sharpe Prognostication that shal scowre them..like leven taffaties.
1701 London Gaz. No. 3719/4 The Hon. Company of Merchants Trading to the Levant Seas.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 478 Sanuto..has left us a curious account of the Levant trade.
C3.
Levant morocco n. a high-grade morocco, with a large grain, properly made from the skin of the Angora goat.
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1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 88 The French have the pre-eminence in the species of Levant skins marked with a handsome full-grain.]
1902 N.E.D. at Levant Mod. Bookseller's Catal., Choicely bound in half crimson levant morocco.
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levantn.2
/lᵻˈvant/, U.S. /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/ The action of levant v.1; a bet made with the intention of absconding if it is lost. Only in phrases to come the levant, run or throw a levant.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet
swoopstake1599
by-beta1627
levant1714
even money1732
play or pay bet1738
side bet1769
long shot1796
sweep1849
pay-or-play1853
sweepstake1861
pari-mutuel1868
to go a raker1869
flutter1874
skinner1874
by-wager1886
plunge1888
accumulator1889
saver1891
mutuel1893
quinella1902
parlay1904
Sydney or the bush1924
treble1924
daily double1930
all-up1933
round robin1944
double1951
twin double1960
perfecta1961
pool1963
lose bet1964
tiercé1964
Yankee bet1964
Yankee1967
nap1971
superfecta1971
tricast1972
triple1972
trixie1973
telebetting1974
trifecta1974
over-and-under1975
over-under1981
spread bet1981
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > type of betting
run or throw a levant1714
levant1797
to pound it1819
field1860
to go for the gloves1861
to buy money1906
plunge1939
to bet like the Watsons1949
(to bet (etc.)) on the nose1951
1714 T. Lucas Mem. Most Famous Gamesters & Sharpers (ed. 2) 111 He hath ventur'd to come the Levant over Gintlemen.
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 4 Throw a familiar Levant upon some sharp lurching Man of Quality.
1732 H. Fielding Lottery (ed. 2) iii. 33 Matter! why, I have had a Levant thrown upon me.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xii. 261 Never mind that, Man, e'en boldly run a Levant . View more context for this quotation
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 186 Levanting or Running a Levant.
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levantadj.
/ˈlɛv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈlɛv(ə)nt/ Law.
Only in phrase levant and couchant (= medieval Latin levans et cubans, in continental as well as English use): lit. ‘rising up and lying down’; said of cattle. (For the specific interpretation see quot. 1768.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > at pasture
couchant and levant1496
levant and couchant1594
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > limited to specific number of cattle
couchant and levant1496
levant and couchant1594
stinted1691
1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. Chancerie §100 To have common of pasture for their beasts and cattel upon the said lands levant and cowchant at all times of the yeare.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 9 If the lands were not sufficiently fenced so as to keep out cattle, the landlord cannot distrein them, till they have been levant and couchant (levantes et cubantes) on the land; that is, have been long enough there to have laid down and rose up to feed; which in general is held to be one night at least.
1864 Brumby Enclosure Application 38 Right of common which may be exercised in all times of the year for cattle levant and couchant.
1872 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 7 592 All cattle, sheep, and other commonable animals levant and couchant within the borough.
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levantv.1
/lᵻˈvant/, U.S. /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/ 1. intransitive. To steal away, ‘bolt’. Now esp. of a betting man or gamester: To abscond.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily > secretly or abscond
to run awayOE
elope1596
to step aside1620
abscond1652
shirk1681
decamp1751
levant1797
absconce1823
skip1865
skin1871
to shoot the crow1887
sneak1896
to go through1933
to take a run-out powder1933
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > type of betting
run or throw a levant1714
levant1797
to pound it1819
field1860
to go for the gloves1861
to buy money1906
plunge1939
to bet like the Watsons1949
(to bet (etc.)) on the nose1951
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. xc. 284 She found that the sharps would dish me, and levanted without even bidding me farewell.
1809 Sporting Mag. 34 57 [He] must produce a certificate that he has never levanted at any race-course.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxix. 152 One day we shall hear of one or other levanting.
1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory III. xix. 289 The clerk had levanted before his employer returned from America.
1880 V. L. Cameron Our Future Highway I. iii. 46 He took the opportunity of his host falling asleep to levant.
1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. c5 Nov. (1962) I. 154 F. had carefully studied Anna Karenina, in a sort of ‘How to be happy though livanted’ spirit.
1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. c5 Nov. (1962) I. 154 I am the fellow she livanted with.
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1760 S. Foote Minor i. 31 Levant me, but he got enough last night to purchase a principality.
Derivatives
leˈvanting n. and adj.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding
absconding1676
elopementa1763
flight1769
levanting1788
sneak1819
absconsion1827
skip1942
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding
levanting1788
absconding1879
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > types of betting
levanting1788
fielding1854
place betting1864
list-betting1874
sweepstaking1882
by-betting1886
spread betting1972
1788 G. A. Stevens Adv. Speculist I. 96 This [sc. gaming when one will not be able to pay in the event of losing] at Hazard-table is called Levanting.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Brighton in 1847 ii, in Punch 13 157/1 Guttlebury House was shut up by the lamented levanting of the noble Earl.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxv. 314 The levanting auctioneer's wife.
1866 M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile i. 1 Distracted by vague fears of levanting tenants and bad debts.
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levantv.2
/lᵻˈvant/, U.S. /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/ transitive. To make (leather) look like levant morocco.
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1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 336/3 Can [he] give me any information about the plan of memelling or levanting leather?
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