any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
2.
an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land.
3.
an area of ground with specific boundaries: to buy land on which to build a house.
4.
rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas: They left the land for the city.
5.
Law.
a.
any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand.
b.
any legal interest held in land.
6.
Economics. natural resources as a factor of production.
7.
a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country: They came from many lands.
8.
the people of a region or country
9.
Audio. the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record.
10.
a realm or domain: the land of the living.
11.
a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel.
12.
Scot.a tenement house.
–verb (used with object)
13.
to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane.
14.
to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail.
15.
Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job.
16.
Angling. to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net.
–verb (used without object)
17.
to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg.
18.
to go or come ashore from a ship or boat.
19.
to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like: to land on both feet.
20.
to hit or strike the ground, as from a height: The ball landed at the far side of the court.
21.
to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something: The golf ball landed in the lake.
22.
to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes fol. by up): to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home.
—Verb phrase
23.
land on, Informal. to reprimand; criticize: His mother landed on him for coming home so late.
see how the land lies, to investigate in advance; inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting: You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal. Compare lay of the land.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME (n. and v.), OE (n.); c. D, G, ON, Goth land; akin to Ir lann, Welsh llan church (orig. enclosure), Breton lann heath. See lawn1]
A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.
A nation; a country.
The people of a nation, district, or region.
lands Territorial possessions or property.
A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
A landed estate.
An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy."(Michael Baker).
A nation; a country.
The people of a nation, district, or region.
lands Territorial possessions or property.
A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
A landed estate.
An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy."(Michael Baker).
Public or private landed property; real estate.
Law
A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
A landed estate.
An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy."(Michael Baker).
An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy."(Michael Baker).
An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.
v.
land·ed, land·ing, lands
v.
tr.
To bring to and unload on land: land cargo.
To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface: land an airplane smoothly; land a seaplane on a lake.
To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.
Informal To win; secure: land a big contract.
Informal To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail.
To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.
Informal To win; secure: land a big contract.
Informal To deliver: landed a blow on his opponent's head.
v.
intr.
To come to shore: landed against the current with great difficulty.
To disembark: landed at a crowded dock.
To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface: The helicopter has landed.
Informal To arrive in a place or condition: landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain; landed in trouble for being late.
To come to rest in a certain way or place: slipped and landed on his shoulder.
[Middle English, from Old English; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.]
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American inventor who developed (1932) the light-polarizing plastic film called Polaroid and incorporated it into lenses for cameras and sunglasses. He also invented the one-step photographic process (1947).
O.E. land, lond, "ground, soil," also "definite portion of the earth's surface, home region of a person or a people, territory marked by political boundaries," from P.Gmc. *landom (cf. O.N., O.Fris. Du., Ger., Goth. land), from PIE *lendh- "land, heath" (cf. O.Ir. land, Middle Welsh llan "an open space," Welsh llan "enclosure, church," Breton lann "heath," source of Fr. lande; O.C.S. ledina "waste land, heath," Czech lada "fallow land"). Etymological evidence and Goth. use indicates the original sense was "a definite portion of the earth's surface owned by an individual or home of a nation." Meaning early extended to "solid surface of the earth," which had been the sense of the root of Mod.Eng. earth. Original sense of land in Eng. is now mostly found under country. Landlocked is first attested 1622. Landlord in modern usage first recorded 1419; landlady is from 1536. To take the lay of the land is a nautical expression. Landed "possessed of land" is late O.E. gelandod. In the Amer.Eng. exclamation land's sakes (1846) land is a euphemism for Lord.
"to bring to land," c.1300, from land (n.). Originally of ships; of fish, in the angling sense, from 1613; hence fig. sense of "to obtain" (a job, etc.), first recorded 1854. Of aircraft, attested from 1916. Landing for boats is from 1609; of stairs, first attested 1789. Landfall "sighting of land" (1627) is from fall in the sense of "happen."
the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
2.
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
3.
territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain]
4.
the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
5.
the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country]
6.
a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom]
7.
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate]
8.
the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation]
9.
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state]
10.
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
11.
agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: farming]
verb
1.
reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
2.
cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
3.
bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring]
4.
bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
5.
deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
6.
arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
7.
shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down]
the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea Example: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.
Arabic:
أرْض
Chinese (Simplified):
陆地
Chinese (Traditional):
陸地
Czech:
pevnina
Danish:
land
Dutch:
vasteland
Estonian:
maa
Finnish:
maa
French:
terre
German:
das Land
Greek:
ξηρά, στεριά
Hungarian:
föld
Icelandic:
land
Indonesian:
daratan
Italian:
terra
Japanese:
陸地
Korean:
육지
Latvian:
zeme; sauszeme; cietzeme
Lithuanian:
sausuma, žemė
Norwegian:
land
Polish:
ląd
Portuguese (Brazil):
terra
Portuguese (Portugal):
terra
Romanian:
pământ
Russian:
суша
Slovak:
pevnina
Slovenian:
kopno
Spanish:
tierra
Swedish:
land
Turkish:
kara
land2[lӕnd]noun
a country Example: foreign lands
Arabic:
بِلاد
Chinese (Simplified):
国家
Chinese (Traditional):
國家
Czech:
země
Danish:
land
Dutch:
land
Estonian:
maa
Finnish:
maa
French:
pays
German:
das Land
Greek:
χώρα
Hungarian:
ország
Icelandic:
land, ríki
Indonesian:
negeri
Italian:
paese, terra
Japanese:
国
Korean:
나라
Latvian:
zeme; valsts
Lithuanian:
kraštas, šalis
Norwegian:
land, rike
Polish:
kraina
Portuguese (Brazil):
terra
Portuguese (Portugal):
terra
Romanian:
ţară
Russian:
страна
Slovak:
zem
Slovenian:
dežela
Spanish:
tierra
Swedish:
land
Turkish:
ülke, memleket
land3[lӕnd]noun
the ground or soil Example: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.
Arabic:
تُرْبَه، تُراب
Chinese (Simplified):
土地
Chinese (Traditional):
土地
Czech:
půda, pozemek
Danish:
jord
Dutch:
grond
Estonian:
maa
Finnish:
maa
French:
terre
German:
das Land
Greek:
έδαφος, γη
Hungarian:
talaj
Icelandic:
landareign
Indonesian:
tanah
Italian:
terreno
Japanese:
土地
Korean:
땅
Latvian:
zeme; augsne
Lithuanian:
žemė, dirva
Norwegian:
jord
Polish:
ziemia
Portuguese (Brazil):
terra
Portuguese (Portugal):
terreno
Romanian:
pământ
Russian:
почва
Slovak:
pôda
Slovenian:
zemlja
Spanish:
terreno, tierras
Swedish:
mark, jord
Turkish:
arazi, toprak
land4[lӕnd]noun
an estate Example: He owns land/lands in Scotland.
Arabic:
عَقار
Chinese (Simplified):
地产
Chinese (Traditional):
地產
Czech:
(velko)statek
Danish:
land; jord
Dutch:
grond
Estonian:
maa
Finnish:
maa, maaomaisuus
French:
terrain, terre(s)
German:
das Land
Greek:
κτήμα
Hungarian:
föld(birtok)
Icelandic:
jarðareign
Indonesian:
tanah
Italian:
terra, terreno
Japanese:
地所
Korean:
토지
Latvian:
zemesgabals; gruntsgabals
Lithuanian:
žemė
Norwegian:
land-, *jordeiendom
Polish:
ziemia
Portuguese (Brazil):
terras
Portuguese (Portugal):
terras
Romanian:
teren, pământ(uri)
Russian:
земельное владение
Slovak:
(poľnohospodársky) pozemok
Slovenian:
zemljišče
Spanish:
tierras
Swedish:
land, jordegendomar
Turkish:
arazi, yer, toprak
land1[lӕnd]verb
to come or bring down from the air upon the land Example: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.
to come or bring from the sea on to the land Example: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.
Arabic:
يَرسو
Chinese (Simplified):
登陆
Chinese (Traditional):
登陸
Czech:
přistát; vylovit (na břeh)
Danish:
lande; fange
Dutch:
aan land gaan, *zetten
Estonian:
maabuma, kuivale tõmbama
Finnish:
nousta maihin
French:
débarquer; amener à terre
German:
landen
Greek:
αποβιβάζομαι, βγάζω στη στεριά
Hungarian:
partra száll v. tesz
Icelandic:
lenda; landa
Indonesian:
mendarat
Italian:
sbarcare; tirare a riva*
Japanese:
上陸する
Korean:
양륙하다; 육지에 닿다
Latvian:
piestāt, *izcelt krastā
Lithuanian:
išlipti, *ištraukti į krantą
Norwegian:
gå i land, landsette
Polish:
dobić do brzegu, wydobyć na brzeg
Portuguese (Brazil):
desembarcar, aterrar, ancorar
Portuguese (Portugal):
pôr(-se) em terra
Romanian:
a debarca; a aduce pe uscat
Russian:
высаживать(ся), выгружать на берег
Slovak:
pristáť; vyloviť (na breh)
Slovenian:
pristati, potegniti na obalo
Spanish:
desembarcar
Swedish:
landa, lägga till, dra upp
Turkish:
karaya çık(ar)mak, *ayak basmak
land3[lӕnd]verb
to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation Example: Don't drive so fast — you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!
Main Entry: land Function: noun 1: an area of the earth usually inclusive of improvements, bodies of water, and natural or man-made objects and extending
indefinitely upward and downward —compare AIR RIGHT 2: an estate, interest, or right in land
<land means both surface and mineral rights —California Public Resources Code>
Land O' Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 39200) Location: 28.22175 N, 82.45381 W Population (1990): 7892 (3238 housing units) Area: 27.1 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water)
De Land Southwest, FL (CDP, FIPS 16937) Location: 29.00690 N, 81.31096 W Population (1990): 1249 (524 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sugar Land, TX (city, FIPS 70808) Location: 29.61878 N, 95.61618 W Population (1990): 24529 (8579 housing units) Area: 31.8 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77478, 77479
De Land, IL (village, FIPS 19200) Location: 40.12159 N, 88.64383 W Population (1990): 458 (196 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61839
De Land, FL (city, FIPS 16875) Location: 29.03604 N, 81.29752 W Population (1990): 16491 (7724 housing units) Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
North De Land, FL (CDP, FIPS 49275) Location: 29.04929 N, 81.29820 W Population (1990): 1493 (627 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
West De Land, FL (CDP, FIPS 76087) Location: 29.01543 N, 81.33342 W Population (1990): 3389 (1319 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ]1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land. --Dryden. 2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith. Note: In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon land," "to go, or fare, on land," 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["o]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["o]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["o]l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. Land service, military service as distinguished from naval service. Land rail. (Zo["o]l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See Crake. (b) An Australian rail (Hypot[ae]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["o]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[oe]cia, and belong to the T[ae]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["o]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.
Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ]1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land. --Dryden. 2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith. Note: In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon land," "to go, or fare, on land," 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["o]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["o]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["o]l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. Land service, military service as distinguished from naval service. Land rail. (Zo["o]l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See Crake. (b) An Australian rail (Hypot[ae]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["o]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[oe]cia, and belong to the T[ae]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["o]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.
Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ]1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land. --Dryden. 2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith. Note: In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon land," "to go, or fare, on land," 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["o]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["o]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["o]l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. Land service, military service as distinguished from naval service. Land rail. (Zo["o]l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See Crake. (b) An Australian rail (Hypot[ae]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["o]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[oe]cia, and belong to the T[ae]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["o]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.
Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Landed; p. pr. & vb. n. Landing.]1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark. I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak. 2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish. 3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
Lan"dam*man\, n. [G. Landamman; land land, country + amimann bailiff. See Land, and Ambassador.]1. A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons. 2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.
Lan"dau\, n. [From the town Ladau in Germany; cf. F. landau. See Land, Island.] A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw.]
Land"lord`\, n. [See Land, and Lord.]1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants. 2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house. Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. --Addison.
Land"loup`er\, n. [D. landlooper, lit., landrunner; land land + loopen to run. See Land, and Leap.] A vagabond; a vagrant. [Written also landleaper and landloper.] "Bands of landloupers." --Moltey.
Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark a sign.]1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any, mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved. 2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple. Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or conditions are determined.
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.
Lans"que*net\, n. [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See Land, and Knight.]1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe. 2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. [They play] their little game of lansquenet. --Longfellow.
Land"sturm`\, n. [G. See Land; Storm.] In Germany and other European nations, and Japan: (a) A general levy in time of war. (b) The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See Army organization, above.
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