LANCE
LANCE, noun l'ans. [Latin lancea; Gr.]A spear, an offensive weapon in form of a half pike, used by the ancients and thrown by the hand. It consisted of the shaft or handle, the ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LANCELY
LANCELY, adjective l'ansly. Suitable to a lance.
LANCEOLAR
LAN'CEOLAR, adjective In botany, tapering towards each end.
LANCEOLATE
LAN'CEOLATE,LAN'CEOLATED, adjective Shaped like a lance; oblong and gradually tapering toward each extremity; spear-shaped; as a lanceolate leaf.
LANCEOLATED
LAN'CEOLATED, a. Shaped like a lance; oblong and gradually tapering toward each extremity; spear-shaped; as a lanceolate leaf.
LANCEPESADE
LANCEPESA'DE, noun An officer under the corporal.
LANCER
L'ANCER, noun One who lances; one who carries a lance.
LANCET
L'ANCET, noun1. A surgical instrument, sharp-pointed and two-edged; used in venesection, and in opening tumors, abscesses, etc.2. A pointed window.
LANCH
L'ANCH, verb transitive [from lance.]1. To throw, as a lance; to dart; to let fly.See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt.2. To move, or cause to slide from the land into the wat...
LAND
LAND, noun1. Earth, or the solid matter which constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the sea or other waters, which constitute the fluid or ...
LANDAU
LAN'DAU, noun A kind of coach or carriage whose top may be opened and thrown back; so called from a town in Germany.LAND'-BREEZE, noun [land and breeze.] A current of air settin...
LANDED
LAND'ED, participle passive1. Disembarked; set on shore from a ship or boat.2.adjective Having an estate in land; as a landed gentleman.The house of commons must consist, for th...
LANDFALL
LAND'FALL, noun [land and fall.]1. A sudden translation of property in land by the death of a rich man.2. In seamen's language, the first land discovered after a voyage.
LANDFLOOD
LAND'FLOOD, noun [land and flood.] An overflowing of land by water; an inundation. Properly, a flood from the land from the swelling of rivers; but I am not sure that it is alwa...
LANDGRAVE
LAND'GRAVE, nounIn Germany, a count or earl; or an officer nearly corresponding to the earl of England, and the count of France. It is now a title of certain princes who possess...
LANDGRAVIATE
LANDGRA'VIATE, noun The territory held by a landgrave, or his office, jurisdiction or authority.
LANDHOLDER
LAND'HOLDER, noun A holder, owner or proprietor of land.
LANDING
LAND'ING, participle present tense Setting on shore; coming on shore.
LANDING-PLACE
LAND'ING-PLACE, noun A place on the shore of the sea or of a lake, or on the bank of a river; where persons land or come on shore, or where goods are set on shore.
LANDJOBBER
LAND'JOBBER, noun A man who makes a business of buying land on speculation, or of buying and selling for the profit of bargains, or who buys and sells for others.
LANDLADY
LAND'LADY, noun [See Landlord.]1. A woman who has tenants holding from her.2. The mistress of an inn.
LANDLESS
LAND'LESS, adjective Destitute of land; having no property in land.
LANDLOCK
LAND'LOCK, verb transitive [land and lock.] To inclose or encompass by land.
LANDLOCKED
LAND'LOCKED, participle passive Encompassed by land, so that no point of the compass is open to the sea.
LANDLOPER
LAND'LOPER, noun [See Leap and Interloper.]A landman; literally, a land runner; a term of reproach among seamen to designate a man who passes his life on land.
LANDLORD
LAND'LORD, noun1. The lord of a manor or of land; the owner of land who has tenants under him.2. The master of an inn or tavern.
LANDMAN
LAND'MAN, noun A man who serves on land; opposed to seaman.