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<blockquote>See Whose arm can <b>lanch</b> the surer bolt. <i>Dryden & Lee.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lanciferous</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan*cif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lance</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing a lance.</def>

<h1>Lanciform</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"ci*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lance</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lanciforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a lance.</def>

<h1>Lanciname</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"ci*name</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lancinated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lancinating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>lancinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lancinare</ets> to fear.]</ety> <def>To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.</def>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Lancinating</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"ci*na`ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; <as>as, <ex>lancinating</ex> pains (i</as>.e., severe, darting pains).</def>

<h1>Lancination</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan`ci*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tearing; laceration.</def> "<i>Lancinations</i> of the spirit."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Land</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Urine. See <er>Lant</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Land</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Land</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>land</ets>, <ets>lond</ets>; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. <ets>land</ets>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to sight <ex>land</ex> after a long voyage</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to <b>land</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Go view the <b>land</b>, even Jericho. <i>Josh. ii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ill fares the <b>land</b>, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote> <-- See also, Goldsmith: Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails. (THe captivity, an Oratorio. Act II line 91) -->

<note>&hand; In the expressions "to be, or dwell, upon <i>land</i>," "<i>to go</i>, <i>or fare</i>, on <i>land</i>," as used by Chaucer, <i>land</i> denotes the country as distinguished from the town.</note>

<blockquote>A poor parson dwelling upon <b>land</b> [i.e., in the country]. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; <as>as, wet <ex>land</ex>; good or bad <ex>land</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The inhabitants of a nation or people.</def>

<blockquote>These answers, in the silent night received, The kind himself divulged, the <b>land</b> believed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The mainland, in distinction from islands.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The ground or floor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>