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3. pl. (Dancing) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written also lanciers .]

Lancet <Xpage=827>

Lan"cet (?) , n. [F. lancette , dim. of lance lance. See Lance .] 1. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

2. (Metal.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

Knight.

Lancet arch (Arch.) , a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height. -- Lancet architecture , a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century. -- Lancet fish . (Zo\'94l.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish ( Alepidosaurus ferox ), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth . (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish.

Lancewood <Xpage=827>

Lance"wood` (?) , n. (Bot.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family ( Anonase\'91 ).

Australian lancewood , a myrtaceous tree ( Backhousia Australis ).

Lanch <Xpage=827>

Lanch (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lanched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching . See Lanching . See Launch , Lance .] To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee.

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Lan*cif"er*ous (?) , a [ Lance + -ferous .] Bearing a lance.

Lanciform <Xpage=827>

Lan"ci*form (?) , a [ Lance + -form : cf. F. lanciforme .] Having the form of a lance.

Lanciname <Xpage=827>

Lan"ci*name (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lancinated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancinating (?) .] [L. lancinatus , p. p. of lancinare to fear.] To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.

De Quincey.

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Lan"ci*na`ting , a. Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i .e., severe, darting pains).

Lancination <Xpage=827>

Lan`ci*na"tion (?) , n. A tearing; laceration. " Lancinations of the spirit."

Jer. Taylor.

Land <Xpage=827>

Land (?) , n. Urine. See Lant . [Obs.]

Land <Xpage=827>

Land , n. [AS. land , lond ; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land . ] 1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage .

They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land . Dryden.

2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.

Go view the land , even Jericho. Josh. ii. 1.

Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. <-- See also, Goldsmith: Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails. (THe captivity, an Oratorio. Act II line 91) -->

&hand; In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon land ," " to go , or fare , on land ," as used by Chaucer, land denotes the country as distinguished from the town.

A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country]. Chaucer.

3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land ; good or bad land .

4. The inhabitants of a nation or people.

These answers, in the silent night received, The kind himself divulged, the land believed. Dryden.

5. The mainland, in distinction from islands.

6. The ground or floor. [Obs.]

Herself upon the land she did prostrate. Spenser.

7. (Agric.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.

8. (Law) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.

Kent. Bouvier. Burrill.

9. (Naut.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing .

Knight.

10. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.

Land agent , a person employed to sell or let land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters connected with land. -- Land boat , a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails. -- Land blink , a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See Ice blink . -- Land breeze . See under Breeze . -- Land chain . See Gunter's chain . -- Land crab (Zo\'94l.) , any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size. -- Land fish a fish on land; a person quite out of place.</cd Shak . -- Land force , a military force serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force. -- Land, ho! (Naut.) , a sailor's cry in announcing sight of land. -- Land ice , a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe. -- Land leech (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast. -- Land measure , the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement. -- Land, &or; House , of bondage , in Bible history, Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression. -- Land o' cakes , Scotland. -- Land of Nod , sleep. -- Land of promise , in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a better country or condition of which one has expectation. -- Land of steady habits , a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut. -- Land office , a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.] -- Land pike . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. -- Land service , military service as distinguished from naval service. -- Land rail . (Zo\'94l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe . See Crake . (b) An Australian rail ( Hypot\'91nidia Phillipensis ); -- called also pectoral rail . -- Land scrip , a certificate that the purchase money for a certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.] -- Land shark , a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant] -- Land side (a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned toward the land . (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land. -- Land snail (Zo\'94l.) , any snail which lives on land, as distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm countries are Di\'d2cia, and belong to the T\'91nioglossa. See Geophila , and Helix . -- Land spout , a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land. -- Land steward , a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc. -- Land tortoise , Land turtle (Zo\'94l.) , any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See Tortoise . -- Land warrant , a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land. [U.S.] -- Land wind . Same as Land breeze (above). -- To make land (Naut.) , to sight land. To set the land , to see by the compass how the land bears from the ship. -- To shut in the land , to hide the land, as when fog, or an intervening island, obstructs the view.

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Land (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Landed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Landing .] 1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.

I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. Shak.

2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish .

3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.

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Land , v. i. To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.

Landamman <Xpage=827>

Lan"dam*man (?) , n. [G. Landamman ; land land, country + amimann bailiff. See Land , and Ambassador .] 1. A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.

2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

Landau <Xpage=827>

Lan"dau (?) , n. [From the town Ladau in Germany; cf. F. landau . See Land , Island .] A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw .]

Landaulet <Xpage=827>

Lan`dau*let" (?) , n. [Cf. F. landaulet , dim, of landau . See Landau .] A small landau.

Landed <Xpage=827>

Land"ed (?) , a. 1. Having an estate in land.

The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. Addison.

2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.

Lander <Xpage=827>

Land"er (?) , n. 1. One who lands, or makes a landing. "The lander in a lonely isle."

Tennyson.

2. (Mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

Landfall <Xpage=827>

Land"fall (?) , n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

A good landfall (Naut.) , the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.

Landflood <Xpage=827>

Land"flood` (?) , n. An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

Clarendon.

Landgrave <Xpage=827>

Land"grave` (?) , n. [G. landgraf ; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D. landgraaf , F. landgrave .] A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

&hand; The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.

Landgraviate <Xpage=827>

Land*gra"vi*ate (?) , n. [Cf. F. landgraviat .] 1. The territory held by a landgrave.

2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.

Landgravine <Xpage=827>

Land"gra*vine (?) , n. [G. landgr\'84fin ; cf. D. landgravin .] The wife of a landgrave.

Landholder <Xpage=827>

Land"hold`er (?) , n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing , n. & a.

Landing <Xpage=827>

Land"ing , a. Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

Landing charges , charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel. -- Landing net , a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. -- Landing stage , a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. -- Landing waiter , a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.

Landing <Xpage=827>

Land"ing , n. 1. A going or bringing on shore.

2. A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.

3. (Arch.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Landing place . me as Landing , n. , 2 and 3.

Landlady <Xpage=827>

Land"la`dy (?) , n. ; pl. Landladies (#) . [Cf. Landlord .] 1. A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

2. The mistress of an inn or lodging house.

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Landleaper <Xpage=828>

Land"leap`er (?) , n. See Landlouper .

Landless <Xpage=828>

Land"less (?) , a. Having no property in land.

Landlock <Xpage=828>

Land"lock` (?) , v. t. To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.

Landlocked <Xpage=828>

Land"locked` (?) , a. 1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon .

Landloper <Xpage=828>

Land"lo`per (?) , n. Same as Landlouper .

Landlord <Xpage=828>

Land"lord` (?) , n. [See Land , and Lord .] 1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord . Addison.

Landlordism <Xpage=828>

Land"lord`ism (?) , n. The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.

J. S. Mill.

Landlordry <Xpage=828>

Land"lord`ry (?) , n. The state of a landlord. [Obs.]

Landlouper <Xpage=828>

Land"loup`er (?) , n. [D. landlooper , lit., landrunner ; land land + loopen to run. See Land , and Leap .] A vagabond; a vagrant. [Written also landleaper and landloper .] "Bands of landloupers ."

Moltey.

Landlouping <Xpage=828>

Land"loup`ing , a. Vagrant; wandering about.

Landlubber <Xpage=828>

Land"lub`ber (?) , n. [Prop. fr. land + lubber , or possibly corrupted fr. laudlouper .] (Naut.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

Landman <Xpage=828>

Land"man (?) , n. ; pl. Landmen (<?/) . 1. A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman .

2. (Eng.) An occupier of land.

Cowell.

Landmark <Xpage=828>

Land"mark` (?) , n. [AS. landmearc . See Land , and Mark a sign.] 1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

Landmarks of history , important events by which eras or conditions are determined.

Landowner <Xpage=828>

Land"own`er (?) , n. An owner of land.

Landowning <Xpage=828>

Land"own`ing , n. The owning of land. -- a. Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.

Land-poor <Xpage=828>

Land"-poor` (?) , a. Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. [Colloq.]

Landreeve <Xpage=828>

Land"reeve` (?) , n. [ Land + reeve an officer.] A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.

Landscape <Xpage=828>

Land"scape (?) , n. [Formerly written also landskip .] [D. landschap ; land land + -schap , equiv. to E. -schip ; akin to G. landschaft , Sw. landskap , Dan. landskab . See Land , and -schip .] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.

3. The pictorial aspect of a country.

The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay.

Landscape gardening , The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

Landscapist <Xpage=828>

Land"scap`ist (?) , n. A painter of landscapes.

Landskip <Xpage=828>

Land"skip (?) , n. [See Landscape .] A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]

Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton.

Landslip, Landslide <Xpage=828>

Land"slip` (?) , Land"slide` (?) , n. 1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

2. The land which slips down.

Landsman <Xpage=828>

Lands"man (?) , n. ; pl. Landsmen (#) .

1. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman .

2. (Naut.) A sailor on his first voyage.

Landstreight <Xpage=828>

Land"streight` (?) , n. [See Strait .] A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]

Landsturm <Xpage=828>

Land"sturm` (?) , n. [G. See Land , and Storm .] That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.

Landtag <Xpage=828>

Land"tag` (?) , n. [G. See Land , and Day .] The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia .

Landwaiter <Xpage=828>

Land"wait`er (?) , n. See Landing waiter , under Landing , a.

Landward <Xpage=828>

Land"ward (?) , adv. & a. Toward the land.

Landwehr <Xpage=828>