English Dictionary: Landaulett | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Land League \Land League\ In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- {Land"*lea`guer}, n. -- {Land"*lea`guism}, n. The Land League, of which Machael Davitt was the founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin in October the organization was extended to all Ireland, with Parnell as president. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: In the expressions [bd]to be, or dwell, upon land,[b8] [bd]to go, or fare, on land,[b8] 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[94]l.), 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. --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[94]l.), 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[94]l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. {Land service}, military service as distinguished from naval service. {Land rail}. (Zo[94]l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See {Crake}. (b) An Australian rail ({Hypot[91]nidia 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[94]l.), 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[d2]cia, and belong to the T[91]nioglossa. 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[94]l.), 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lubber \Lub"ber\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See {Looby}, {Lob}.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. --Tusser. {Land lubber}, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. {Lubber grasshopper} (Zo[94]l.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., {Brachystola magna}, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and {Romalea microptera}, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. {Lubber's hole} (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the [bd]top,[b8] next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. --Totten. {Lubber's line}, {point}, [or] {mark}, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Landaulet \Lan`dau*let"\, n. [Cf. F. landaulet, dim, of landau. See {Landau}.] A small landau. | |
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Landholder \Land"hold`er\, n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- {Land"hold`ing}, n. & a. | |
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Landholder \Land"hold`er\, n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- {Land"hold`ing}, n. & a. | |
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Landlady \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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Landlady \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Land League \Land League\ In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- {Land"*lea`guer}, n. -- {Land"*lea`guism}, n. The Land League, of which Machael Davitt was the founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin in October the organization was extended to all Ireland, with Parnell as president. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Land League \Land League\ In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- {Land"*lea`guer}, n. -- {Land"*lea`guism}, n. The Land League, of which Machael Davitt was the founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin in October the organization was extended to all Ireland, with Parnell as president. --Encyc. Brit. | |
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Landlouper \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}.] [bd]Bands of landloupers.[b8] --Moltey. | |
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Landleaper \Land"leap`er\, n. See {Landlouper}. | |
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Landlouper \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}.] [bd]Bands of landloupers.[b8] --Moltey. | |
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Landleaper \Land"leap`er\, n. See {Landlouper}. | |
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Landless \Land"less\, a. Having no property in land. | |
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Landlock \Land"lock`\, v. t. To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land. | |
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Landlocked \Land"locked`\, a. 1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are: {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush. {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta}). {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}). {King salmon}, the quinnat. {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var. {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}. Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock, called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail. 2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}. {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia. {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under {Fish}. {Salmon peel}, a young salmon. {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb. {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Landlouper \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}.] [bd]Bands of landloupers.[b8] --Moltey. | |
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Landloper \Land"lo`per\, n. Same as {Landlouper}. | |
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Landlouper \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}.] [bd]Bands of landloupers.[b8] --Moltey. | |
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Landloper \Land"lo`per\, n. Same as {Landlouper}. | |
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Landlord \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. | |
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Landlordism \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. | |
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Landlordry \Land"lord`ry\, n. The state of a landlord. [Obs.] | |
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Landlouper \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}.] [bd]Bands of landloupers.[b8] --Moltey. | |
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Landlouping \Land"loup`ing\, a. Vagrant; wandering about. | |
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Landlubber \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. | |
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Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. {Lent lily} (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring. | |
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Lentil \Len"til\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]l), n. [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. {Lens}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus {Ervum} ({Ervum Lens}), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent. Note: The lentil of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike plants. {Lentil shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Ervillia}, family {Tellinid[91]}. | |
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Lentil \Len"til\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]l), n. [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. {Lens}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus {Ervum} ({Ervum Lens}), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent. Note: The lentil of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike plants. {Lentil shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Ervillia}, family {Tellinid[91]}. | |
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Limitless \Lim"it*less\, a. Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. --Davies (Wit's Pilgr.). | |
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Lintel \Lin"tel\ (l[icr]n"t[ecr]l), n. [OF. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See {Limit}.] (Arch.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture. | |
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Wanderoo \Wan`der*oo"\, n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zo[94]l.) A large monkey ({Macacus silenus}) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also {maha}, {silenus}, {neelbhunder}, {lion-tailed baboon}, and {great wanderoo}. [Written also {ouanderoo}.] Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species. | |
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Llandeilo group \Llan*dei"lo group`\ (Geol.) A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of {Geology}. | |
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Land O Lakes, FL Zip code(s): 34639 Land O Lakes, WI Zip code(s): 54540 | |
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Land O' Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 39200) Location: 28.22175 N, 82.45381 W Population (1990): 7892 (3238 housing units) Area: 27.1 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water) | |
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Land O Lakes, FL Zip code(s): 34639 Land O Lakes, WI Zip code(s): 54540 | |
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Land O' Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 39200) Location: 28.22175 N, 82.45381 W Population (1990): 7892 (3238 housing units) Area: 27.1 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water) | |
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Lawndale, CA (city, FIPS 40886) Location: 33.88835 N, 118.35265 W Population (1990): 27331 (9778 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90260 Lawndale, NC (town, FIPS 37260) Location: 35.41406 N, 81.56160 W Population (1990): 573 (254 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28090 | |
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Lindale, GA (CDP, FIPS 46580) Location: 34.18755 N, 85.18066 W Population (1990): 4187 (1782 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30147 Lindale, TX (town, FIPS 42820) Location: 32.50544 N, 95.40598 W Population (1990): 2428 (981 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lindley, NY Zip code(s): 14858 | |
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Linndale, OH (village, FIPS 43918) Location: 41.44510 N, 81.76652 W Population (1990): 159 (78 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lonedell, MO Zip code(s): 63060 | |
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Lynndyl, UT (town, FIPS 46740) Location: 39.50806 N, 112.38900 W Population (1990): 120 (54 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Lintel n. The emerging {Linux}/Intel alliance. This term began to be used in early 1999 after it became clear that the {Wintel} alliance was under increasing strain and Intel started taking stakes in Linux companies. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LindaLISP {Linda} for {Lisp}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lentiles (Heb. 'adashim), a species of vetch (Gen. 25:34; 2 Sam. 23:11), common in Syria under the name addas. The red pottage made by Jacob was of lentils (Gen. 25:29-34). They were among the provisions brought to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Sam. 17:28). It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant which produces a fruit resembling a bean. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lintel (1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, "upper door post," but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.). |