Part 579

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.

Land"scap`ist (?), n. A painter of landscapes.

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.

{ Land"slip` (?), Land"slide` (?), } n. 1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

2. The land which slips down.

Lands"man (?), n.; pl. Landsmen (#). 1. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

2. (Naut.) A sailor on his first voyage.

Land"streight` (?), n. [See Strait.] A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]

||Land"sturm` (?), n. [G. See Land, and Storm.] That part of the ||reserve force in Germany which is called out last. || ||Land"tag` (?), n. [G. See Land, and Day.] The diet or legislative ||body; as, the Landtag of Prussia. || Land"wait`er (?), n. See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.

Land"ward (?), adv. & a. Toward the land.

||Land"wehr` (?), n. [G., fr. land land, country + wehr defense.] That ||part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the ||usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, ||except that it is called out occasionally for drill. || Lane (?), a. [See Lone.] Alone. [Scot.]

His lane, by himself; himself alone.

Lane (?), n. [OE. lane, lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D. laan, OFries. lana, lona.] A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.

It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can not go through.

Tyndale.

Lang (?), a. & adv. Long. [Obs. or Scot.]

Lan"ga*ha (?), n. (Zoöl.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

Lan`ga*rey" (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.

Lan"gate (?), n. (Surg.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

Lang"dak` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

{ Lan"grage (?), Lan"grel (?), } n. A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.