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<h1>Lanseh</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lan"seh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (<spn>Lansium domesticum</spn>). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.</def>

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Lansquenet</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lans"que*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. G. <ets>landsknecht</ets> a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; <ets>land</ets> country + <ets>knecht</ets> boy, servant. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Knight</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A game at cards, vulgarly called <altname>lambskinnet</altname>.</def>

<blockquote>[They play] their little game of <b>lansquenet</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lant</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Urine.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Lant</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lance</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus <spn>Ammedytes</spn>. The common European species (<spn>A. tobianus</spn>) and the American species (<spn>A. Americanus</spn>) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also <altname>launce</altname>, and <altname>sand eel</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lant</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lanterloo</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Lantanium, Lantanum</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw><hw>Lan*ta"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lan"ta*num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lanthanum</er>.</def>

<h1>Lantanuric</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lan`ta*nu"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Formed by transposition of the letters of <ets>allantoin</ets> and <ets>-uric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called <altname>allanturic acid</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lanterloo</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lan"ter*loo`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An old name of <altname>loo</altname> <sd>(a)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Lantern</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lan"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lanterne</ets>, L. <ets>lanterna</ets>, <ets>laterna</ets>, from Gr. <?/ light, torch. See <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See <cref>Lantern pinion</cref> (below).</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also <altname>lantern brass</altname>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A perforated barrel to form a core upon.</def>