According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
LEVANTS
Noun
levants
plural of levant
Verb
levants
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levant
Source: Wiktionary
LEVANT
Le"vant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law)
Definition: Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Le*vant", n. Etym: [It. levante the point where the sum rises, the east, the Levant, fr.levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.]
1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
2. A levanter (the wind so called).
Le"vant, a.
Definition: Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.
Le*vant", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.]
Definition: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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