Rising. Minsheu, 1617;Eastern; coming from the direction in which the sun rises.[capitalized] In geology, appellative of the fourth of Professor H. Rogers's fifteen divisions of the Paleozoic strata in the Appalachian chain, the names of which suggest metaphorically the different natural periods of the day.n. Same as lavant.n. [capitalized] The region east of Italy lying on and near the Mediterranean, sometimes reckoned as extending east to the Euphrates and as taking in the Nile valley, thus including Greece and Egypt; more specifically, the coast-region and islands of Asia Minor and Syria: a name originally given by the Italians.n. An easterly wind blowing up the Mediterranean; a levanter.n. Same as levant morocco.Of or pertaining to or obtained from the Levant.To run away; decamp.Used only in the imperative, in the exclamatory phrase levant me, a mild imprecation much like blow me!n. A bet made by one who expects to evade paying if he loses.n. In leather manufacturing, artificial blood used instead of real blood for obtaining a perfect black.