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☞ The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe (Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammocœles, or Lampetra, as Ammocœles fluviatilis, of Europe, and Ammocœles æpypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.
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Lampron (lămprŏn), n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See .] (Zoöl.) See .
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lampshade, lamp shade n. a protective ornamental covering used to screen the light bulb in a lamp from direct view.
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lampshell, lamp shell n. A mollusklike marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide.
Syn. -- brachiopod.
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Lampyridae prop. n. A natural family of insects comprising the fireflies.
Syn. -- family Lampyridae.
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Lampyrine (?), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridæ. See .
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Lampyris (?), n. [L., glowworm, Gr. (�).] (Zoöl.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
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LAN n. [Local Area Network.] A local area network; a network{3} connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment within a small area, to create an inter-office system, typically within one building or one site of a corporation. Contrasted to WAN, a wide-area network.
Syn. -- local area network.
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Lanai n. 1. (upper case) an island in the Hawaiian chain.
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2. (lower case) a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room. [Hawaii]
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Lanarkite (?), n. [From Lanarkshire, a county in Scotland.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
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Lanary (?), n. [L. lanaria, fr. lanarius belonging to wool, lana wool.] A place for storing wool.
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{ Lanate (?), Lanated (?), } [L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.] 1. Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.
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2. Hence: (Biol.) covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
Syn. -- wooly, woolly.
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Lancashire boiler (?) n. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
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Lancaster prop. n. 1. A city in Northwest England on the river Lune. [wns=1]
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2. The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its symbol was a red rose; called also the House of Lancaster. [wns=2]
Syn. -- Lancastrian line.
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Lancasterian (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.
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Lancastrian prop. a. 1. Of or pertaining to Lancaster{2}; as, Lancastrian royalty.
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2. Of or pertaining to the city of Lancaster{1}; as, Lancastrian city center.
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3. Of or pertaining to the members of the house of Lancaster; as, Lancastrian members.
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4. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Lancaster; as, the Lancastrian population.
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Lancastrian prop. n. 1. A member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster.
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2. A resident of Lancaster{1}.
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Lance (lăns), n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. logchh. Cf. .] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
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A braver soldier never couched lance. Shak.
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2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
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3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
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4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
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5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
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6. (Med.) A lancet.
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Coloq. Free lance , in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. See also , n. and a., and . -- Coloq. Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. -- Coloq. Lance corporal , same as . -- Coloq. Lance knight , a lansquenet. B. Jonson. -- Coloq. Lance snake (Zoöl.), the fer-de-lance. -- Coloq. Stink-fire lance (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. -- Coloq. To break a lance , to engage in a tilt or contest.
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Lance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanced (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Lancing (?).] 1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
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Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced
Her back. Dryden.
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2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
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3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See .
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lance corporal (?), n. 1. A .
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2. An enlisted member of the United States Marine Corps ranking between a private first class and a corporal.
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3. The lowest rank of corporal; -- a term used in the British military. RHUD
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Lance fish (?) n. (Zoöl.) A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.
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{ Lancegay, Lancegaye } (?), n. [OF. lancegaie, corrupted from the same source as E. assagai, under the influence of F. lance lance. See .] A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. Nares.
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In his hand a launcegay,
A long sword by his side. Chaucer.
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Lancelet (?), n. [Lance + -let.] (Zoöl.) A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See , .
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Lancely, a. Like a lance. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Lanceolar (?), a. [L. lanceola a little lance, dim. of lancea lance: cf. F. lancéolaire.] (Bot.) Lanceolate.
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{ Lanceolate (?), Lanceolated (?) } a. [L. lanceolatus: cf. F. lancéolé. See .] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
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Lancepesade (?), n. [F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal. [Obsolete]
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Lancer (?), n. [Cf. F. lancier.] 1. One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations. Wilhelm.
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2. A lancet. [Obs.]
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3. pl. (Dancing) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written also lanciers.]
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lancers n. 1. A set of quadrilles for 8 or 16 couples. [wns=1] [Written also lanciers.]
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2. Music appropriate for a set of lancers{1}.
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Lancet (?), n. [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See .] 1. A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
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2. (Metal.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight.
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Coloq. Lancet arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height. -- Coloq. Lancet architecture , a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.
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lancetfish, lancet fish n. (Zoöl.) A large, elongated, scaleless, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth and a long saillike dorsal fin. [wns=1]
Syn. -- lancet fish, wolffish.
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2. The doctor, or surgeon fish.
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Lancewood (?), 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 (Anonaseæ).
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Coloq. Australian lancewood , a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).
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Lanch (lȧnch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanched (lȧncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lanching. See , .] To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee.
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Lanciferous (?), a. [Lance + -ferous.] Bearing a lance.
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Lanciform (?), a. [Lance + -form: cf. F. lanciforme.] Having the form of a lance.
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Lancinate (?), 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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Lancinating, a. Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).
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Lancination (?), n. A tearing; laceration. “Lancinations of the spirit.” Jer. Taylor.
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Land (lănd), n. Urine. See . [Obs.]
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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.
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They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land. Dryden.
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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.
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Go view the land, even Jericho. Josh. ii. 1.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.
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☞ 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.
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A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country]. Chaucer.
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3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
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4. The inhabitants of a nation or people.
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These answers, in the silent night received,
The king himself divulged, the land believed. Dryden.
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5. The mainland, in distinction from islands.
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6. The ground or floor. [Obs.]
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Herself upon the land she did prostrate. Spenser.
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7. (Agric.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
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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.
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9. (Naut.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing. Knight.
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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.
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Coloq. Land agent , a person employed to sell or let land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters connected with land. -- Coloq. Land boat , a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails. -- Coloq. Land blink , a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See . -- Coloq. Land breeze . See under . -- Coloq. Land chain . See . -- Coloq. Land crab (Zoöl.), 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. -- Coloq. Land fish a fish on land; a person quite out of place. Shak. -- Coloq. Land force , a military force serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force. -- Coloq. Land, ho! (Naut.), a sailor's cry in announcing sight of land. -- Coloq. Land ice , a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe. -- Coloq. Land leech (Zoöl.), 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. -- Coloq. Land measure , the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement. -- Coloq. Land of bondage or Coloq. House of bondage , in Bible history, Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression. -- Coloq. Land o' cakes , Scotland. -- Coloq. Land of Nod , sleep. -- Coloq. Land of promise , in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a better country or condition of which one has expectation. -- Coloq. Land of steady habits , a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut. -- Coloq. 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.] -- Coloq. Land pike . (Zoöl.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. -- Coloq. Land service , military service as distinguished from naval service. -- Coloq. Land rail . (Zoöl) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See . (b) An Australian rail (Hypotænidia Phillipensis); -- called also pectoral rail. -- Coloq. 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.] -- Coloq. Land shark , a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant] -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Land snail (Zoöl.), 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 Diœcia, and belong to the Tænioglossa. See , and . -- Coloq. Land spout , a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land. -- Coloq. Land steward , a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc. -- Coloq. Land tortoise , Coloq. Land turtle (Zoöl.), any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See . -- Coloq. Land warrant , a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land. [U.S.] -- Coloq. Land wind . Same as Land breeze (above). -- Coloq. To make land (Naut.), to sight land. Coloq. To set the land , to see by the compass how the land bears from the ship. -- Coloq. 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.
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I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak.
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2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
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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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4. Specifically: (Aeronautics) To pilot (an airplane) from the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway.
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Land, v. i. 1. To come to the end of a course; to arrive at a destination, literally or figuratively; as, he landed in trouble; after hithchiking for a week, he landed in Los Angeles.
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2. Specifically: To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.
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3. Specifically: To reach and come to rest on land after having been in the air; as, the arrow landed in a flower bed; the golf ball landed in a sand trap; our airplane landed in Washington.
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Landamman (?), n. [G. Landamman; land land, country + amimann bailiff. See , and .] 1. A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
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2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.
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Landau (?), n. [From the town Ladau in Germany; cf. F. landau. See , .] 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.]
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Landaulet (?), n. [Cf. F. landaulet, dim, of landau. See .] A small landau.
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Landdrost (?), n.; pl. -drosten (#). Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost. [D., fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] (In South Africa) (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by “resident magistrates.” (b) The president of the Heemraad.
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Landed (?), a. 1. Having an estate in land.
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The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. Addison.
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2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.
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Lander (?), n. 1. One who lands, or makes a landing. “The lander in a lonely isle.” Tennyson.
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2. (Mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
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Landfall (?), n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
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2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.
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Coloq. A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
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Landflood (?), n. An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. Clarendon.
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Landgrave (?), 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.
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☞ 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.
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Landgraviate (?), n. [Cf. F. landgraviat.] 1. The territory held by a landgrave.
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2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.
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Landgravine (?), n. [G. landgräfin; cf. D. landgravin.] The wife of a landgrave.
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Landholder (?), n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Landholding, n. & a.
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landholding n. 1. ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land.
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2. A holding in the form of land; the land owned by a person.
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Landing, a. Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
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Coloq. Landing charges , charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel. -- Coloq. Landing net , a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Landing waiter , a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.
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Landing, n. 1. A going or bringing on shore.
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2. A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
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3. (Arch.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
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4. (Aeronautics) The act or process of bringing an aircraft to land after having been in the air; as, the pilot made a perfect three-point landing. Contrasted with take-off.
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Coloq. Landing place . me as , n., 2 and 3.
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landing gear, n. The wheels and attached structures under an airplane that support it and allow it to move when on the ground; also, the floats or pontoons of an amphibious airplane together with their supporting structures. Landing gear may be fixed rigidly in place, or retractable when in flight.
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landing strip, n. (Aeronautics) A runway at an airport, at which airplanes land{3}; the long smooth surface used for takeoff or landing{4}.
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landlady (?), n.; pl. landladies (#). [Cf. .] 1. A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.
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2. The mistress of an inn or lodging house.
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