Part 6360

<h1>Landlubber</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"lub`ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prop. fr. <ets>land + lubber</ets>, or possibly corrupted fr. <ets>laudlouper</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.</def>

<h1>Landman</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Landmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to <i>seaman</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng.)</fld> <def>An occupier of land.</def>

<i> Cowell.</i>

<h1>Landmark</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"mark`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>landmearc</ets>. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Mark</er> a sign.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.</def>

<cs><col>Landmarks of history</col>, <cd>important events by which eras or conditions are determined.</cd></cs>

<h1>Landowner</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"own`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An owner of land.</def>

<h1>Landowning</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"own`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The owning of land.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.</def></def2>

<h1>Land-poor</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"-poor`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Landreeve</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"reeve`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Land</ets> + <ets>reeve</ets> an officer.]</ety> <def>A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.</def>

<h1>Landscape</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"scape</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>landskip</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[D. <ets>landschap</ets>; <ets>land</ets> land + <ets>-schap</ets>, equiv. to E. <ets>-schip</ets>; akin to G. <ets>landschaft</ets>, Sw. <ets>landskap</ets>, Dan. <ets>landskab</ets>. See <er>Land</er>, <er>and</er> <er>-schip</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.</def>

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

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The pictorial aspect of a country.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>landscape</b> of his native country had taken hold on his heart. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Landscape gardening</col>, <cd>The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.</cd></cs>

<h1>Landscapist</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"scap`ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A painter of landscapes.</def>

<h1>Landskip</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"skip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Landscape</er>.]</ety> <def>A landscape.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in poetry.]</mark>