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  • English Word Landsman Definition A sailor on his first voyage.
  • English Word Landsmen Definition of Landsman
  • English Word Landstreight Definition A narrow strip of land.
  • English Word Landsturm Definition That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.
  • English Word Landtag Definition The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia.
  • English Word Landwaiter Definition See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.
  • English Word Landward Definition Toward the land.
  • English Word Landwehr Definition 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.
  • English Word Lane Definition Alone.
  • English Word Lane Definition 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.
  • English Word Lang Definition Long.
  • English Word Langaha Definition 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.
  • English Word Langarey Definition 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.
  • English Word Langate Definition A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
  • English Word Langdak Definition A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.
  • English Word Langrage Definition Alt. of Langrel
  • English Word Langrel Definition 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.
  • English Word Langret Definition A kind of loaded die.
  • English Word Langridge Definition See Langrage.
  • English Word Langsyne Definition Long since; long ago.
  • English Word Langteraloo Definition An old game at cards. See Loo (a).
  • English Word Language Definition Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
  • English Word Language Definition The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
  • English Word Language Definition The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
  • English Word Language Definition The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
  • English Word Language Definition The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
  • English Word Language Definition The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
  • English Word Language Definition The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
  • English Word Language Definition A race, as distinguished by its speech.
  • English Word Language Definition To communicate by language; to express in language.