LANDMARK
LAND'MARK, noun [land and mark.]1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object; as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones, by which the limi...
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LANDSCAPE
LAND'SCAPE, noun1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and whatever the land contains.- Whilst the ...
LANDSLIP
LAND'SLIP, noun A portion of a hill or mountain, which slips or slides down; or the sliding down of a considerable tract of land from a mountain. landslips are not unfrequent in...
LANDSMAN
LAND'SMAN, noun In seaman's language, a sailor on board a ship, who has not before been at sea.
LANDSTREIGHT
LAND'STREIGHT, noun A narrow slip of land. [Not used.]LAND'-TAX, noun A tax assessed on land and buildings.LAND'-TURN, noun A land breeze.LAND'-WAITER, noun An officer of the cu...
LANDWARD
LAND'WARD, adverb Toward the land.LAND'-WIND, noun A wind blowing from the land.LAND'-WORKER, noun One who tills the ground.
LANE
LANE, noun1. A narrow way or passage, or a private passage, as distinguished from a public road or highway. A lane may be open to all passengers, or it may be inclosed and appro...
LANGRAGE
LAN'GRAGE,LAN'GREL, noun Langrel shot or langrage is a particular kind of shot used at sea for tearing sails and rigging, and thus disabling an enemy's ship. It consists of bolt...
LANGTERALOO
LANGTERALOO', noun A game at cards.
LANGUAGE
LAN'GUAGE, noun [Latin lingua, the tongue, and speech.]1. Human speech; the expression of ideas by words or significant articulate sounds, for the communication of thoughts. lan...
LANGUAGE-MASTER
LAN'GUAGE-MASTER, noun One whose profession is to teach languages.
LANGUAGED
LAN'GUAGED, adjective Having a language; as many languaged nations.
LANGUET
LAN'GUET, noun Any thing in the shape of the tongue. [Not English.]
LANGUID
LAN'GUID, adjective [Latin languidus, from langueo, to droop or flag. See Languish.]1. Flagging; drooping; hence, feeble; weak; heavy; dull; indisposed to exertion. The body is ...
LANGUIDLY
LAN'GUIDLY, adverb Weakly; feebly; slowly.
LANGUIDNESS
LAN'GUIDNESS, noun1. Weakness from exhaustion of strength; feebleness; dullness; languor.2. Slowness.
LANGUISH
LAN'GUISH, verb intransitive [Latin langueo, lachinisso; Gr. to flag, to lag. Latin laxo, laxus, flacceo.]1. To lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiri...
LANGUISHER
LAN'GUISHER, noun One who languishes or pines.
LANGUISHING
LAN'GUISHING, participle present tense1. Becoming or being feeble; losing strength; pining; withering; fading.2.adjective Having a languid appearance; as a languishing eye.
LANGUISHINGLY
LAN'GUISHINGLY, adverb1. Weakly; feebly; dully; slowly.2. With tender softness.
LANGUISHMENT
LAN'GUISHMENT, noun1. The state of pining.2. Softness of look or mien, with the head reclined.
LANGUOR
LAN'GUOR, noun [Latin languor]1. Feebleness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude of body; that state of the body which is induced by exhaustion of strength, as by disease, by extraor...
LANGUOROUS
LAN'GUOROUS, adjective Tedious; melancholy. obsolete
LANGURE
LAN'GURE, verb transitive To languish. [Not in use.]
LANIARD
LANIARD, noun lan'yard.A short piece of rope or line, used for fastening something in ships, as the laniards of the gun-ports, of the buoy, of the cathook, etc., but especially ...
LANIATE
LA'NIATE, verb transitive [Latin lanio.] To tear in pieces. [Little used.]
LANIATION
LANIA'TION, noun A tearing in pieces. [Little used.]