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levantine
CIDE DICTIONARY
Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
levantine, n.
- A native or inhabitant of the Levant. [1913 Webster]
- A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
levantine, adj. & n.
--adj. of or trading to the Levant.
--n. a native or inhabitant of the Levant.
--adj. of or trading to the Levant.
--n. a native or inhabitant of the Levant.
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levantine
Laterality
N laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn.For further exploring for "levantine" in Webster Dictionary Online