lame duck
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English Dictionary: Leonotis nepetifolia	by the DICT Development Group
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land agent n a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent" Synonym(s): real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent a person who administers a landed estate
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land cress n of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida [syn: {Belle Isle cress}, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox]
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land grant n a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)
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land site n the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school" Synonym(s): site, land site
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land tax n a capital tax on property imposed by municipalities; based on the estimated value of the property Synonym(s): property tax, land tax
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landgrave n a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
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Landowska n United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) Synonym(s): Landowska, Wanda Landowska
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landscape n an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery Synonym(s): landscape, landscape painting an extensive mental viewpoint; "the political landscape looks bleak without a change of administration"; "we changed the landscape for solving the problem of payroll inequity" v embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard" do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living"
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landscape architect n someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively Synonym(s): landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist
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landscape architecture n the branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment
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landscape gardener n someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively Synonym(s): landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist
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landscape gardening n working as a landscape gardener [syn: landscaping, landscape gardening]
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landscape painting n a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery Synonym(s): landscape, landscape painting
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landscaped adj (of land) improved by gardening or landscape architecture; "carefully landscaped gardens"
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landscaper n someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively Synonym(s): landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist
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landscaping n working as a landscape gardener [syn: landscaping, landscape gardening] a garden laid out for esthetic effect; "they spent a great deal of money on the landscaping"
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landscapist n someone who paints landscapes someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively Synonym(s): landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist
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landside n component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard
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landslide n an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide" a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff Synonym(s): landslide, landslip
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landslip n a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff Synonym(s): landslide, landslip
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Landsmaal n one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects Synonym(s): Nynorsk, New Norwegian, Landsmal, Landsmaal
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Landsmal n one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects Synonym(s): Nynorsk, New Norwegian, Landsmal, Landsmaal
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landsman n a person who lives and works on land [syn: landlubber, landsman, landman] an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage Synonym(s): landlubber, lubber, landsman
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Landsteiner n United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943) Synonym(s): Landsteiner, Karl Landsteiner
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lay hands on v manage with the hands
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lentic adj of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds) Antonym(s): lotic
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lenticel n one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue
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lenticular adj convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil [syn: biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform]
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lenticular nucleus n a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum Synonym(s): lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus
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lentiginose adj relating to or covered with or resembling freckles [syn: freckled, lentiginous, lentiginose]
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lentiginous adj relating to or covered with or resembling freckles [syn: freckled, lentiginous, lentiginose]
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lentigo n a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin Synonym(s): freckle, lentigo
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lentisk n an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin Synonym(s): mastic, mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus
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lentissimo adj (of tempo) very slow
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Leonidas n king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)
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Leonotis n small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa Synonym(s): Leonotis, genus Leonotis
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Leonotis leonurus n relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco Synonym(s): dagga, Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus
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Leonotis nepetaefolia n pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): lion's-ear, Leonotis nepetaefolia, Leonotis nepetifolia
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Leonotis nepetifolia n pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): lion's-ear, Leonotis nepetaefolia, Leonotis nepetifolia
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Leontocebus n tamarins [syn: Leontocebus, genus Leontocebus, {genus Leontideus}]
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Leontocebus oedipus n South American tamarin with a tufted head [syn: pinche, Leontocebus oedipus]
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Leontocebus rosalia n golden South American monkey with long soft hair forming a mane Synonym(s): silky tamarin, Leontocebus rosalia
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Lime disease spirochete n cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes Synonym(s): Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete
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Lindesnes n a cape at the southern tip of Norway [syn: Lindesnes, Naze]
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Lindsay n United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931) Synonym(s): Lindsay, Howard Lindsay United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931) Synonym(s): Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
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lined snake n secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States Synonym(s): lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum
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lunatic adj insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon Synonym(s): lunatic, moonstruck n an insane person Synonym(s): lunatic, madman, maniac a reckless impetuous irresponsible person Synonym(s): daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum- scarum
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lunatic fringe n a political unit with extreme and fanatical views
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Lunda cirrhata n northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye Synonym(s): tufted puffin, Lunda cirrhata
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Lyme disease n an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick Synonym(s): Lyme disease, Lyme arthritis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrasse \Wrasse\, n. [W. gwrachen.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of       the genus {Labrus}, of which several species are found in the       Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of       the species are bright-colored.          Note: Among the European species are the ballan wrasse                ({Labrus maculatus}), the streaked wrasse ({L.                lineatus}), the red wrasse ({L. mixtus}), the comber                wrasse ({L. comber}), the blue-striped, or cook, wrasse                (see {Peacock fish}, under {Peacock}), the rainbow                wrasse ({L. vulgaris}), and the seawife.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lame \Lame\, a. [Compar. {Lamer}; superl. {Lamest}.] [OE. lame,       AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam,       Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.]       1.             (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury,                   defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a                   lame leg, arm, or muscle.             (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect                   action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. [bd]Lame                   of one leg.[b8] --Arbuthnot. [bd]Lame in both his                   feet.[b8] --2 Sam. ix. 13. [bd]He fell, and became                   lame.[b8] --2 Sam. iv. 4.          2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. [bd]A             lame endeavor.[b8] --Barrow.                         O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak.          {Lame duck} (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill             his contracts. [Cant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
; hence:          {To play at ducks and drakes}, with property, to throw it             away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.                      {Lame duck}. See under {Lame}.
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]:
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]:
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]:
Seal \Seal\ (s[emac]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.       selah, Dan. s[91]l, Sw. sj[84]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[91]}       and {Otariid[91]}.          Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in                the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are                numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea                lion}, {sea leopard}, {sea bear}, or {ursine seal},                {fur seal}, and {sea elephant}. The bearded seal                ({Erignathus barbatus}), the hooded seal ({Cystophora                crustata}), and the ringed seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}),                are northern species. See also {Eared seal}, {Harp                seal}, and {Fur seal}, under {Eared}, {Harp}, {Monk},                and {Fur}. Seals are much hunted for their skins and                fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is                very abundant.          {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina}).             It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific             Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled             seal}, {native seal}, {river seal}, {bay seal}, {land             seal}, {sea calf}, {sea cat}, {sea dog}, {dotard},             {ranger}, {selchie}, {tangfish}.
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]:
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]:
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]:
Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin       to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan.       ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr.       ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag,       tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage             carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely             allied to the common dog. The best-known and most             destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}),             the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}),             and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in             packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.          2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy,             larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths;             as, the bee wolf.          3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person             or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled             hard to keep the wolf from the door.          4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.          5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.]                         If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf                      into thy side.                                    --Jer. Taylor.          6. (Mus.)             (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an                   organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.             (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective                   vibration in certain notes of the scale.          7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.          {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common                   in the Pyrenees.             (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.          {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis             laniger}); -- called also {chanco}.          {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes})             which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}.                      {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote.          {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena.          {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf.          {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena.          {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to             prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson.          {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,                   supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of                   the St. Bernard dog.             (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used                   formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.             (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo                   dog.          {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish.          {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,             voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas},             especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and             North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful             jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone             biter}, and {swinefish}.          {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great             numbers of fish.          {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple             ({Lycopersicum esculentum}).          {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or             family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in             search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or             blackish in color. See Illust. in App.          {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial             ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called             also {Tasmanian wolf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landgrave \Land"grave`\, n. [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl,       count; cf. D. landgraaf, F. landgrave.]       A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl       in England and of a count in France.          Note: 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landgraviate \Land*gra"vi*ate\, n. [Cf. F. landgraviat.]       1. The territory held by a landgrave.          2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landgravine \Land"gra*vine\, n. [G. landgr[84]fin; cf. D.       landgravin.]       The wife of a landgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.]       [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin       to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land},       {and} {-schip}.]       1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can             comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it             contains.          2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or             fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of             nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.          3. The pictorial aspect of a country.                         The landscape of his native country had taken hold                      on his heart.                                    --Macaulay.          {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and             arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to             produce a picturesque effect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.]       [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin       to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land},       {and} {-schip}.]       1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can             comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it             contains.          2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or             fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of             nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.          3. The pictorial aspect of a country.                         The landscape of his native country had taken hold                      on his heart.                                    --Macaulay.          {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and             arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to             produce a picturesque effect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landscapist \Land"scap`ist\, n.       A painter of landscapes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.]       [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin       to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land},       {and} {-schip}.]       1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can             comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it             contains.          2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or             fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of             nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.          3. The pictorial aspect of a country.                         The landscape of his native country had taken hold                      on his heart.                                    --Macaulay.          {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and             arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to             produce a picturesque effect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landskip \Land"skip\, n. [See {Landscape}.]       A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]                   Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the                landskip round it measures.                     --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.]       [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin       to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land},       {and} {-schip}.]       1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can             comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it             contains.          2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or             fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of             nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.          3. The pictorial aspect of a country.                         The landscape of his native country had taken hold                      on his heart.                                    --Macaulay.          {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and             arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to             produce a picturesque effect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landskip \Land"skip\, n. [See {Landscape}.]       A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]                   Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the                landskip round it measures.                     --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landslip \Land"slip`\, Landslide \Land"slide`\, n.       1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill,             etc.          2. The land which slips down.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landslip \Land"slip`\, Landslide \Land"slide`\, n.       1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill,             etc.          2. The land which slips down.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landsman \Lands"man\, n.; pl. {Landsmen}.       1. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to {seaman}.          2. (Naut.) A sailor on his first voyage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landsman \Lands"man\, n.; pl. {Landsmen}.       1. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to {seaman}.          2. (Naut.) A sailor on his first voyage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landstreight \Land"streight`\, n. [See {Strait}.]       A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lendes \Lend"es\ (l[ecr]nd"[ecr]z), n. pl.       See {Lends}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lends \Lends\ (l[ecr]ndz), n. pl. [AS. lend, lenden; akin to D.       & G. lende, OHG. lenti, Icel. lend, and perh to E. loin.]       Loins. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenticel \Len"ti*cel\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]*s[ecr]l), n. [F.       lenticelle, dim. fr. L. lens, lentis, a lentil. Cf.       {Lentil}.] (Bot.)       (a) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or             branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may             protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more             commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or             earth.       (b) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some             leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenticellate \Len`ti*cel"late\ (l[ecr]n`t[icr]*s[ecr]l"l[asl]t),       a. (Bot.)       Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenticelle \Len`ti*celle"\ (l[ecr]n`t[icr]*s[ecr]l"), n. [F.]       (Bot.)       Lenticel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lenticula \[d8]Len*tic"u*la\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]k"[usl]*l[adot]),       n.; pl. E. {Lenticulas} (-l[adot]z), L. {Lenticul[91]}       (-l[emac]). [L. See {Lenticel}.]       1. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.          2. (Opt.) A lens of small size.          3. (Bot.) A lenticel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenticular \Len*tic"u*lar\ (-l[etil]r), a. [L. lenticularis: cf.       F. lenticulaire. See {Lenticel}.]       Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a       double-convex lens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenticularly \Len*tic"u*lar*ly\, adv.       In the manner of a lens; with a curve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lenticula \[d8]Len*tic"u*la\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]k"[usl]*l[adot]),       n.; pl. E. {Lenticulas} (-l[adot]z), L. {Lenticul[91]}       (-l[emac]). [L. See {Lenticel}.]       1. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.          2. (Opt.) A lens of small size.          3. (Bot.) A lenticel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lentiginose \Len*tig"i*nose`\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]j"[icr]*n[omac]s`),       a. [See {Lentiginous}.] (Bot.)       Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lentiginous \Len*tig"i*nous\ (-n[ucr]s), a. [L. lentiginosus.       See {Lentigo}.]       Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lentiscus \Len*tis"cus\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]s"k[ucr]s), Lentisk    \Len"tisk\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]sk), n. [L. lentiscus, lentiscum: cf.       F. lentisque.] (Bot.)       A tree; the mastic. See {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lentiscus \Len*tis"cus\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]s"k[ucr]s), Lentisk    \Len"tisk\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]sk), n. [L. lentiscus, lentiscum: cf.       F. lentisque.] (Bot.)       A tree; the mastic. See {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lentous \Len"tous\ (-t[ucr]s), a. [L. lentus. See {Lentor}.]       Viscid; viscous; tenacious.                   Spawn of a lentous and transparent body. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Lime pit}, a limestone quarry.          {Lime rod}, {Lime twig}, a twig smeared with birdlime; hence,             that which catches; a snare. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lime twig \Lime twig\       See under 4th {Lime}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lime-twigged \Lime"-twigged`\ (-tw[icr]gd`), a.       Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime. --L. Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Line \Line\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lined} (l[imac]nd); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Lining}.] [See {Line} flax.]       1. To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with             silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.                         The inside lined with rich carnation silk. --W.                                                                               Browne.          2. To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as             a purse with money.                         The charge amounteth very high for any one man's                      purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto.                                                                               --Carew.                         Till coffee has her stomach lined.      --Swift.          3. To place persons or things along the side of for security             or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify;             as, to line works with soldiers.                         Line and new repair our towns of war With men of                      courage and with means defendant.      --Shak.          4. To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. --Creech.          {Lined gold}, gold foil having a lining of another metal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lint \Lint\ (l[icr]nt), n. [AS. l[c6]net flax, hemp, fr. l[c6]n       flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen,       from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See {Linen}.]       1. Flax.          2. Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or             fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine             ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or             fabrics.          {Lint doctor} (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove             lint from a printing cylinder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[icr]n"s[emac]d`), n. [OE. lin flax +       seed. See {Linen}.] (Bot.)       The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.       [Written also {lintseed}.]          {Linseed cake}, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil             is expressed from flaxseed.          {Linseed meal}, linseed cake reduced to powder.          {Linseed oil}, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lintseed \Lint"seed`\ (l[icr]nt"s[emac]d`), n.       See {Linseed}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[icr]n"s[emac]d`), n. [OE. lin flax +       seed. See {Linen}.] (Bot.)       The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.       [Written also {lintseed}.]          {Linseed cake}, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil             is expressed from flaxseed.          {Linseed meal}, linseed cake reduced to powder.          {Linseed oil}, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lintseed \Lint"seed`\ (l[icr]nt"s[emac]d`), n.       See {Linseed}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Linstock \Lin"stock\ (l[icr]n"st[ocr]k), n. [Corrupt. fr.       luntstock, D. lontstok; lont lunt + stok stock, stick. See       {Link} a torch, {Lunt}, and {Stock}.]       A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a       lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also {lintstock}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.          3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person             who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at             that time.                         Such society was far more enjoyable than that of                      Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.                                                                               --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.          {American lion} (Zo[94]l.), the puma or cougar.          {Lion ant} (Zo[94]l.), the ant-lion.          {Lion dog} (Zo[94]l.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane,             usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane.          {Lion lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the basilisk.          {Lion's share}, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part;             -- from [92]sop's fable of the lion hunting in company             with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself             all the prey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lunatic \Lu"na*tic\, a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna       the moon. See {Lunar}.]       1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.                         Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic.                                                                               --Wyclif                                                                               (Matt. xvii.                                                                               15).          2. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person;             evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lunatic \Lu"na*tic\, n.       A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who       has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.                   The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of                imagination all compact.                        --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied             to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,             whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},             {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea             parrot}.          Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as                the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin                ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.          {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.          2. (Bot.) The puffball.          3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Landess, IN       Zip code(s): 46991
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Landis, NC (town, FIPS 36860)       Location: 35.54630 N, 80.61189 W       Population (1990): 2333 (1055 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 28088
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Landisburg, PA (borough, FIPS 41272)       Location: 40.34317 N, 77.30588 W       Population (1990): 178 (83 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 17040
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Landisville, NJ       Zip code(s): 08326
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leonidas, MI       Zip code(s): 49066    Leonidas, MN (city, FIPS 36530)       Location: 47.46735 N, 92.56791 W       Population (1990): 70 (28 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindgren Acres, FL (CDP, FIPS 40737)       Location: 25.67030 N, 80.40144 W       Population (1990): 22290 (8226 housing units)       Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindsay, CA (city, FIPS 41712)       Location: 36.20626 N, 119.08885 W       Population (1990): 8338 (2678 housing units)       Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 93247    Lindsay, MT       Zip code(s): 59339    Lindsay, NE (village, FIPS 28105)       Location: 41.70061 N, 97.69428 W       Population (1990): 321 (134 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68644    Lindsay, OK (city, FIPS 43150)       Location: 34.83965 N, 97.60970 W       Population (1990): 2947 (1454 housing units)       Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73052    Lindsay, TX (town, FIPS 42868)       Location: 33.63619 N, 97.21979 W       Population (1990): 610 (210 housing units)       Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 76250
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindsborg, KS (city, FIPS 41375)       Location: 38.57427 N, 97.67487 W       Population (1990): 3076 (1182 housing units)       Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67456
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindsey, OH (village, FIPS 43904)       Location: 41.42058 N, 83.22074 W       Population (1990): 529 (204 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43442
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindseyville, KY       Zip code(s): 42257
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindside, WV       Zip code(s): 24951
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lindstrom, MN (city, FIPS 37304)       Location: 45.38589 N, 92.84038 W       Population (1990): 2461 (1110 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 55045
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Linthicum, MD (CDP, FIPS 47125)       Location: 39.20540 N, 76.66603 W       Population (1990): 7547 (2817 housing units)       Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Linthicum Height, MD       Zip code(s): 21090
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lowndes, MO       Zip code(s): 63951
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lowndes County, AL (county, FIPS 85)       Location: 32.15750 N, 86.64263 W       Population (1990): 12658 (4792 housing units)       Area: 1859.6 sq km (land), 18.4 sq km (water)    Lowndes County, GA (county, FIPS 185)       Location: 30.83468 N, 83.26782 W       Population (1990): 75981 (28906 housing units)       Area: 1306.0 sq km (land), 16.6 sq km (water)    Lowndes County, MS (county, FIPS 87)       Location: 33.47104 N, 88.44429 W       Population (1990): 59308 (23117 housing units)       Area: 1301.0 sq km (land), 36.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lowndesboro, AL (town, FIPS 44536)       Location: 32.27674 N, 86.61026 W       Population (1990): 139 (74 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lowndesville, SC (town, FIPS 42820)       Location: 34.21028 N, 82.64948 W       Population (1990): 162 (82 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29659
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lundys Lane, PA       Zip code(s): 16401
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
lunatic fringe n.   [IBM] Customers who can be relied upon to    accept release 1 versions of software.   Compare {heatseeker}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LANtastic          A trademarked name for numerous products       of {Artisoft, Inc.}.          (1995-04-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lenat, Doug          {Doug Lenat}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lunatic fringe          [IBM] Customers who can be relied upon to accept release 1       versions of software.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lund Simula          A version of {SIMULA} from {Lund Software House}.          Version 4.07.          (FTP: rascal.ics.utexas.edu/misc/mac/programming/ no longer       exists).          (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lund Software House AB          The company who produced {Lund Simula}.          Address: Box 7056, S-22007 Lund, Sweden.          (1995-03-29)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lunatic       probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease       were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. In       Matt. 4:24 "lunatics" are distinguished from demoniacs. In 17:15       the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have       been possessed. (See {DAEMONIAC}.)