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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Länd'-tärn, n. p. 750A land-breeze.Lănd'-wāit'er, n. p. 750An officer of the customs whose duty is to wait or attend on the landing of goods, and to examine, weigh, or measure, and take an account of them.Länd'ward, adv. p. 750Toward the land.Lănd'-wăr'rant, n. p. 750An instrument or certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a tract of public land. [U. S.]Land'wehr, n. p. 750The militia, or that part of the army to which is assigned the defense of the country from invasion. [Austria and Prussia.]Lănd'-wĭnd, n. p. 750A wind blowing from the land.Lāne, n. p. 750A narrow way or passage, or a private passage, as distinguished from a public road or highway. 2. A passage between lines of men, or people standing on each side. 3. A navigable opening in ice.Lāne, a. p. 750Alone. [Scot.] His lane, himself alone.Lăn'gate, n. p. 750(Surg.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.Lăn'gra-ge or Lăn'grel, n. p. 750A kind of shot used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consists of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together.Lăn'gret, n. p. 750A kind of false dice loaded so that certain numbers should turn up more readily and frequently than others. [Obs.] Nares.Läng'set-tle, n. p. 750A long bench to sit on. [Prov. Eng.]Läng'syne, adv. p. 750Long ago. [Scot.]Läng'ter-a loo', n. p. 750An old game at cards;—often abridged to lanterloo and langtra. Tatler.Lăn'guage, n. p. 750Human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth. Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds which usage has…Lăn'guage, v. t. p. 750To state in language; to express in words. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. Fuller.Lăn'guaged, a. p. 750Having a language; skilled in language;—chiefly used in composition. “Many-languaged nations.” Pope.Lăn'guage-less, a. p. 750Without speech; speechless; silent. “He's grown . . . languageless.” Shak.Lăn'guage-măs'ter, n. p. 750One whose profession is to teach languages.Längued, a. p. 750Tongued. [Obs.] “Lions in color and posture, rampant and langued alike.” Fuller.Lan-guĕn’te, adv. p. 750(Mus.) In a languishing manner; pathetically.Lăn'guet, n. p. 751Any thing in the shape of the tongue. [Obs. and rare.] Johnson.Lān'guid, a. p. 751Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; weak; feeble; heavy; dull. “Languid, powerless limbs.” Armstrong. “Fire their languid souls with Cato’s virtue.” Addison. 2. Slow in…Lăn'guid-ly, adv. p. 751Weakly; feebly; slowly.Lăn'guid-ness, n. p. 751Weakness from exhaustion of strength; feebleness; dullness; languor. 2. Slowness; sluggishness.Lăn’guish, v. i. p. 751To become languid or weak; to sink away; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble, or spiritless; to pine; to be or to grow heavy. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me…Lăn'guish, v. t. p. 751To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] Shak. Dryden.Lăn'guish, n. p. 751The act or condition of languishing or pining away; languishment. What of death, too, that rids our dogs of languish? Shak. 2. A soft and tender look or appearance. And the blue languish of soft…Lăn'gŭish-er, n. p. 751One who languishes or pines.Lāŋ'guish-ing-ly, adv. p. 751Weakly; feebly; dully; slowly. 2. With tender softness.Lăn’guish-ment, n. p. 751The state of languishing. “Lingering languishment.” Shak. 2. Softness of look or mien, as with the head reclined.Lăn'guish-ness, n. p. 751The state of languishing, or being weak, feeble, or tender. [Obs.]Lăn'guor, n. p. 751The state of being languid; lassitude of body; that state of the body which is induced by exhaustion of strength, as by disease, by extraordinary exertion, by the relaxing effect of heat, or by…Lăn'guor, v. i. p. 751To feel or exhibit languor; to languish. [Obs.] Chaucer.Lăn'guor-oŭs, a. p. 751Tedious; melancholy. [Obs., or poetical.] “Whom late I left in languorous constraint.” Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson.Lăn’gūre, v. t. p. 751To languish. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.Lān'iard, n. p. 751See LANYARD.Lā'nī-ār'i-fōrm, a. p. 751Resembling a laniary in form; shaped like a canine tooth. R. Owen.Lā'nī-a-ry, n. p. 751Shambles; a place of slaughter. 2. One of the canine teeth; a canine or grappling tooth.Lā'nī-a-ry, a. p. 751Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary teeth, that is, the canine teeth.Lā'nī-āte, v. t. p. 751To tear in pieces. [Obs.]Lā′ni-ā′tion, n. p. 751A tearing in pieces. [Obs.]Lān'ier, n. p. 751A thong or strap of leather; the lash of a whip. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.La-nĭf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 751Bearing or producing wool.La-nif'ie-al, a. p. 751Working in wool.Lān'i-fīçe, n. p. 751A manufacture of wool; something made of wool. [Obs.] Bacon.La-nĭg'er-ous, a. p. 751Bearing or producing wool.La-nī'i-de, n. pl. p. 751(Ornith.) A family of passerine, dendrostral birds, including the shrikes and butcher-birds.Lănk, a. p. 751Loose or lax, and easily yielding to pressure; not distended; not stiff or firm by distention; not plump; as, a lank bladder or purse. The clergy’s bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions. Shak.…Lănk, v. i. p. 751To become lank. [Obs.] Shak.Lănk'ly, adv. p. 751In a lank manner; weakly; thinly.Lănk'ness, n. p. 751The condition of being lank; flabbiness; leanness; slenderness.Lănk'y, a. p. 751Somewhat lank; slender; slim.Lăn'ner or Lăn'ner-ĕt, n. f. p. 751Lăn'ner-ĕt, n. m. [Fr. & Pr. lanier, It. laniere, from Lat. laniarius. See LANIARY, a.] (Ornith.) A long-tailed species of hawk; the Falco laniarius. It is found in Europe.Lăn'quet, n. p. 751(Mus.) A piece of metal which separates the body of an organ-pipe from its foot.Läns'que-nĕt, n. p. 751A German foot-soldier; originally, one of the serfs who followed the camp in the service of the common soldiers; afterward, one of the independent troops who hired themselves to those willing to pay…Lānt, v. t. p. 751To wet or mingle with urine. [Prov. Eng.] “Lanted ale.” Nares.Lānt, n. p. 751A game at cards;—called also lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.Lan-tā′ni-ŭm or Lā′n-ta-nŭm, n. p. 751See LANTHANIUM and LANTHANUM.Lān'ter-lōō, n. p. 751See LANGTERALOO.