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lavant
name 4noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring.
Lavants, are land springs, which break out much, on the downs of Sussex, Hants, and Wilts. The country people say, that when the Lavants rise, corn will be dear; meaning, that when the earth is so glutted with water as to send[…]
In this part of Hampshire a bourn is called a lavant, and after long internals when a lavant rises at Hambledon, some of the springs rise from, or quite close to[,] the churchyard itself.
2
A violent flow or rush of water.
How it did rain! It ran down the street in a lavant.
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A civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8508).
2
A minor river in West Sussex.
3
A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
name
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A municipality in East Tyrol, Austria.
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