The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea

A type of leather.

A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.

(heraldry) Rising, of an animal.

(law) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.

(poetic) Eastern.