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English Dictionary: land-	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, n. Urine. See {Lant}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ] 1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land. --Dryden. 2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, v. i. To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.
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.