English Dictionary: land mine | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinion \Pin"ion\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A moth of the genus {Lithophane}, as {L. antennata}, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. | |
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]: | |
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]: | |
Landamman \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. | |
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]: | |
Landing \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Land \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Landing \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. | |
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Halfpace \Half"pace`\, n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See {Quarterpace}. Note: This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the United States, {platform} or {landing} being used instead. | |
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]: | |
Landing \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Land \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Landing \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Halfpace \Half"pace`\, n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See {Quarterpace}. Note: This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the United States, {platform} or {landing} being used instead. | |
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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. | |
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Landing \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. | |
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Land \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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Landing \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. | |
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Halfpace \Half"pace`\, n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See {Quarterpace}. Note: This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the United States, {platform} or {landing} being used instead. | |
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Landing \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. | |
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Landing \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. | |
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Landing \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. | |
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Landing \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. | |
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Landing \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. | |
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Landman \Land"man\, n.; pl. {Landmen}. 1. A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to {seaman}. 2. (Eng.) An occupier of land. -- Cowell. | |
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Landmark \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. | |
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Landmark \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. | |
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Landman \Land"man\, n.; pl. {Landmen}. 1. A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to {seaman}. 2. (Eng.) An occupier of land. -- Cowell. | |
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Landowner \Land"own`er\, n. An owner of land. | |
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Landowning \Land"own`ing\, n. The owning of land. -- a. Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners. | |
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Laniation \La`ni*a"tion\, n. [L. laniatio.] A tearing in pieces. [R.] | |
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Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[be], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[82].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, [or] Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou}, {Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong}, and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson. Note: [bd]No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.[b8] --Encyc. Brit. 2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage. 3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. 4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. {Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See {Kat}. {Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. {Australian}, [or] {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody clambing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}). {Brazilian tea}. (a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. {Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}. {New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See {Redroot}. {New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}. {Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}. {Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}. {Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set. {Tea bug} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. {Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea. {Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China. {Tea clam} (Zo[94]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.] {Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served. {Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. {Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. {Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish. {Tea set}, a tea service. {Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. {Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. {Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant}, above. | |
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Lantanium \Lan*ta"ni*um\, Lantanum \Lan"ta*num\, n. (Chem.) See {Lanthanum}. | |
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Lantanium \Lan*ta"ni*um\, Lantanum \Lan"ta*num\, n. (Chem.) See {Lanthanum}. | |
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Lantanuric \Lan`ta*nu"ric\, a. [Formed by transposition of the letters of allantoin and -uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called {allanturic acid}. | |
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Lanthanite \Lan"tha*nite\, n. (Min.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals. | |
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Lanthanum \Lan"tha*num\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to lie hid, to be concealed.] (Chem.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La. [Formerly written also {lanthanium}.] | |
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Lanthanum \Lan"tha*num\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to lie hid, to be concealed.] (Chem.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La. [Formerly written also {lanthanium}.] | |
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Lawn \Lawn\, n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.] 1. An open space between woods. --Milton. [bd]Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. {Lawn mower}, a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns. {Lawn tennis}, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See {Tennis}. | |
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Tennis \Ten"nis\, n. [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see {Tenable}).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. --Shak. His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. --Macaulay. {Court tennis}, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis. {Lawn tennis}. See under {Lawn}, n. {Tennis court}, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. --Shak. | |
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Lend \Lend\ (l[ecr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lent} (l[ecr]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lending}.] [OE. lenen, AS. l[aemac]nan, fr. l[aemac]n loan; akin to G. lehnen to lend. See {Loan}.] 1. To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to {borrow}. Give me that ring. I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power To give it from me. --Shak. 2. To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. --Levit. xxv. 37. 3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence. Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. --Addison. Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions. --J. A. Symonds. 4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig. Note: This use of the word is rare in the United States, except with reference to money. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance; to help. [Colloq.] {To lend} {an ear [or] one's ears}, to give attention. | |
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Lending \Lend"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who lends. 2. That which is lent or furnished. | |
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Lenten \Lent"en\ (l[ecr]nt"'n), n. Lent. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Lenten \Lent"en\, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See {Lent}, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden. 2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. [bd]Lenten entertainment.[b8] [bd] Lenten answer.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Lenten suit.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Lenten color}, black or violet. --F. G. Lee. | |
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Lenten \Lent"en\, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See {Lent}, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden. 2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. [bd]Lenten entertainment.[b8] [bd] Lenten answer.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Lenten suit.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Lenten color}, black or violet. --F. G. Lee. | |
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Lententide \Lent"en*tide`\ (-t[imac]d`), n. The season of Lenten or Lent. | |
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Limation \Li*ma"tion\ (l[isl]*m[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. limatus, p. p. of limare to file, fr. lima file : cf. F. limation.] The act of filing or polishing. | |
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Limitaneous \Lim`i*ta"ne*ous\ (l[icr]m`[icr]*t[amac]"n[esl]*[ucr]s), a. [L. limitaneus. See {Limit}, v. t.] Of or pertaining to a limit. [Obs.] | |
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Limit \Lim"it\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Limiting}.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. {Limiting parallels} (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur. | |
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Limit \Lim"it\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Limiting}.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. {Limiting parallels} (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur. | |
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Parallel \Par"al*lel\, n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? --Pope. 2. Direction conformable to that of another line, Lines that from their parallel decline. --Garth. 3. Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity. Twixt earthly females and the moon All parallels exactly run. --Swift. 4. A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope. 5. Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart. None but thyself can be thy parallel. --Pope. 6. (Geog.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map. 7. (Mil.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. 8. (Print.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, [d8]) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page. {Limiting parallels}. See under {Limit}, v. t. {Parallel of altitude} (Astron.), one of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the horizon; an almucantar. {Parallel of declination} (Astron.), one of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the equator. {Parallel of latitude}. (a) (Geog.) See def. 6. above. (b) (Astron.) One of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the ecliptic. | |
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Linden \Lin"den\ (l[icr]n"d[eit]n), n. [Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. {Lime} linden.] (Bot.) (a) A handsome tree ({Tilia Europ[91]a}), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. (b) In America, the basswood, or {Tilia Americana}. | |
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Lineation \Lin`e*a"tion\ (-[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. lineatio the drawing of a line, fr. lineare.] Delineation; a line or lines. | |
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Lomatinous \Lo*mat"i*nous\, a. [See {Loma}.] (Zo[94]l.) Furnished with lobes or flaps. | |
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London \Lon"don\, n. The capital city of England. {London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. {London pride}. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior. {London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. | |
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London \Lon"don\, n. The capital city of England. {London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. {London pride}. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior. {London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
London \Lon"don\, n. The capital city of England. {London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. {London pride}. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior. {London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
London \Lon"don\, n. The capital city of England. {London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. {London pride}. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior. {London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
London smoke \Lon"don smoke\ A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
London tuft \London tuft\ (Bot.) The Sweet William ({Dianthus barbatus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Londoner \Lon"don*er\ (-[etil]r), n. A native or inhabitant of London. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Londonism \Lon"don*ism\, n. A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Londonize \Lon"don*ize\, v. i. To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Londonize \Lon"don*ize\, v. i. To imitate the manner of the people of London. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lunation \Lu*na"tion\, n. [Cf. {Lunated}.] The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29[frac14] to 29[frac56] days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lunette \Lu*nette"\, n. [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See {Lune} a crescent.] 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See {Bastion}. 2. (Far.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge. 3. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles. 4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. 5. (Arch.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. 6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. {Lunette window} (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lynde \Lynde\, Lynden \Lyn"den\, n. See {Linden}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Landen, OH (CDP, FIPS 41755) Location: 39.30791 N, 84.27970 W Population (1990): 9263 (3669 housing units) Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Landenberg, PA Zip code(s): 19350 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Landing, NJ Zip code(s): 07850 | |
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Landingville, PA (borough, FIPS 41264) Location: 40.62549 N, 76.12306 W Population (1990): 192 (75 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lantana, FL (town, FIPS 39375) Location: 26.58325 N, 80.05572 W Population (1990): 8392 (4374 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33462 | |
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Lawnton, PA (CDP, FIPS 41944) Location: 40.26583 N, 76.79891 W Population (1990): 3221 (1373 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lentner, MO Zip code(s): 63450 | |
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Linden, AL (city, FIPS 43240) Location: 32.30101 N, 87.79271 W Population (1990): 2548 (1047 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36748 Linden, CA (CDP, FIPS 41670) Location: 38.01887 N, 121.09994 W Population (1990): 1339 (469 housing units) Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95236 Linden, IA (city, FIPS 45390) Location: 41.64302 N, 94.27007 W Population (1990): 201 (83 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50146 Linden, IN (town, FIPS 44082) Location: 40.19068 N, 86.90196 W Population (1990): 718 (289 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47955 Linden, MI (city, FIPS 47820) Location: 42.81921 N, 83.78154 W Population (1990): 2415 (913 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48451 Linden, NC (town, FIPS 38360) Location: 35.25436 N, 78.74847 W Population (1990): 180 (71 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28356 Linden, NJ (city, FIPS 40350) Location: 40.62505 N, 74.23845 W Population (1990): 36701 (14917 housing units) Area: 28.0 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07036 Linden, PA Zip code(s): 17744 Linden, TN (town, FIPS 42720) Location: 35.61124 N, 87.84391 W Population (1990): 1099 (504 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Linden, TX (city, FIPS 42844) Location: 33.01101 N, 94.36207 W Population (1990): 2375 (1058 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75563 Linden, VA Zip code(s): 22642 Linden, WI (village, FIPS 44625) Location: 42.91920 N, 90.27396 W Population (1990): 429 (173 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53553 Linden, WV Zip code(s): 25256 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lindenhurst, IL (village, FIPS 43770) Location: 42.41740 N, 88.02981 W Population (1990): 8038 (2594 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60046 Lindenhurst, NY (village, FIPS 42554) Location: 40.68565 N, 73.37182 W Population (1990): 26879 (8847 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11757 | |
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Lindenwald, OH Zip code(s): 45015 | |
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Lindenwold, NJ (borough, FIPS 40440) Location: 39.81585 N, 74.99016 W Population (1990): 18734 (8527 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Lindenwood, IL Zip code(s): 61049 | |
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Lindon, CO Zip code(s): 80740 Lindon, UT (city, FIPS 45090) Location: 40.34127 N, 111.71660 W Population (1990): 3818 (902 housing units) Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84042 | |
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Linntown, PA (CDP, FIPS 43704) Location: 40.95685 N, 76.90089 W Population (1990): 1640 (701 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Linton, IN (city, FIPS 44190) Location: 39.03598 N, 87.15918 W Population (1990): 5814 (2739 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47441 Linton, ND (city, FIPS 46980) Location: 46.26838 N, 100.23321 W Population (1990): 1410 (684 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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London, AR (city, FIPS 41270) Location: 35.32817 N, 93.24007 W Population (1990): 825 (348 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72847 London, CA (CDP, FIPS 42566) Location: 36.48095 N, 119.44302 W Population (1990): 1638 (418 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) London, KY (city, FIPS 47476) Location: 37.12797 N, 84.08220 W Population (1990): 5757 (2553 housing units) Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) London, MN Zip code(s): 56061 London, OH (city, FIPS 44674) Location: 39.88920 N, 83.44089 W Population (1990): 7807 (3202 housing units) Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43140 London, TX Zip code(s): 76854 | |
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London Mills, IL (village, FIPS 44446) Location: 40.71069 N, 90.26669 W Population (1990): 485 (199 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61544 | |
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Londonderry, NH (CDP, FIPS 43130) Location: 42.85482 N, 71.36290 W Population (1990): 10114 (3472 housing units) Area: 31.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03053 Londonderry, OH Zip code(s): 45647 | |
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Londontowne, MD (CDP, FIPS 47925) Location: 38.93575 N, 76.55802 W Population (1990): 6992 (2683 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lynden, WA (city, FIPS 40805) Location: 48.94844 N, 122.45611 W Population (1990): 5709 (2167 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98264 | |
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Lyndon, IL (village, FIPS 45278) Location: 41.71732 N, 89.92519 W Population (1990): 615 (264 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61261 Lyndon, KS (city, FIPS 43350) Location: 38.61022 N, 95.68509 W Population (1990): 964 (425 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66451 Lyndon, KY (city, FIPS 48558) Location: 38.26441 N, 85.58935 W Population (1990): 8037 (4285 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40222, 40241, 40242 Lyndon, NY (CDP, FIPS 43907) Location: 43.02782 N, 76.04064 W Population (1990): 4593 (1811 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lyndon Center, VT Zip code(s): 05850 | |
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Lyndon Station, WI (village, FIPS 46600) Location: 43.71010 N, 89.89443 W Population (1990): 474 (202 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53944 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lyndonville, NY (village, FIPS 43918) Location: 43.32187 N, 78.38704 W Population (1990): 953 (353 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14098 Lyndonville, VT (village, FIPS 41950) Location: 44.53489 N, 72.00298 W Population (1990): 1255 (617 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05851 | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
lanthanum Symbol: La Atomic number: 57 Atomic weight: 138.9055 (From the Greek word lanthanein, to line hidden) Silvery metallic element belonging to group 3 of the periodic table and oft considered to be one of the lanthanoids. Found in some rare-earth minerals. Twenty-five natural isotopes exist. La-139 which is stable, and La-138 which has a half-life of 10^10 to 10^15 years. The other twenty-three isotopes are radioactive. It resembles the lanthanoids chemically. Lanthanum has a low to moderate level of toxicity, and should be handled with care. Discovered in 1839 by C.G. Mosander. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Landmark a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God. |