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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138172" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138172" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the [[Mediterranean]] and its contiguous waters. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the [[Mediterranean]] and its contiguous waters. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A levanter (the wind so called). </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Eastern. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Rising]] or having risen from rest; - said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75984" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75984" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> E . the Rising), a name given to the E. of the Mediterranean and the regions adjoining by the western peoples of the Mediterranean. </p> | ||
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