Part 6361

<blockquote>Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the <b>landskip</b> round it measures. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Landslip, Landslide</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw><hw>Land"slip`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Land"slide`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The land which slips down.</def>

<h1>Landsman</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lands"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Landsmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>.</def>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who lives on the land; -- opposed to <i>seaman</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A sailor on his first voyage.</def>

<h1>Landstreight</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"streight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Strait</er>.]</ety> <def>A narrow strip of land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Landsturm</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"sturm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Storm</er>.]</ety> <def>That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.</def>

<h1>Landtag</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"tag`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Day</er>.]</ety> <def>The diet or legislative body; <as>as, the <ex>Landtag</ex> of Prussia</as>.</def>

<h1>Landwaiter</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"wait`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <cref>Landing waiter</cref>, under <er>Landing</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Landward</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <def>Toward the land.</def>

<h1>Landwehr</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Land"wehr`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>land</ets> land, country + <ets>wehr</ets> defense.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lane</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lone</er>.]</ety> <def>Alone</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<cs><col>His lane</col>, <cd>by himself; himself alone.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lane</h1> <Xpage=828>

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

<blockquote>It is become a turn-again <b>lane</b> unto them which they can not go through. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lang</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Long.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>