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lavant
name 4noun 2
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4ADJ.
long, remarkable
VERB + LAVANT
called
LAVANT + NOUN
hambledon, o
PREP.
after
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.
name
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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
1
A municipality in East Tyrol, Austria.
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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 glu
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
About five miles south of Petersfield, in a valley among the chalk hills, is the village of Charlton. No permanent stream flows through this vallet, but eastward of the village a remarkable "lavant" o
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