6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, v. i.
To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to
the end of a course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Landing}.]
1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft;
to disembark; to debark.
I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak.
2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as to land a
fish.
3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or
reach; to bring to the end of a course; as he landed the
quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed
in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, n.
Urine. See {Lant}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Land \Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
Dan., and Goth. land. ]
1. 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 to sight land after a long voyage.
They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land.
--Dryden.
2. 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.
Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii 1.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
land
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land
vehicles" [syn: {land(a)}] [ant: {sea(a)}, {air(a)}]
2: operating or living or growing on land [syn: {terrestrial},
{land(a)}] [ant: {amphibious}, {aquatic}]
n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the
house on land leased from the city"
2: what plants grow in (especially with reference to its
quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
agricultural soil" [syn: {ground}, {soil}]
3: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
land" [syn: {domain}, {demesne}]
4: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned
away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth
shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the
ground" [syn: {dry land}, {earth}, {ground}, {solid ground},
{terra firma}]
5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
[syn: {country}, {state}, {nation}]
6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled
kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of
the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: {kingdom}, {realm}]
7: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
retained by the owner for his own use "the family owned a
large estate on Long Island" [syn: {estate}, {landed
estate}, {acres}, {demesne}]
8: the people of a nation or country or a community of persons
bound by a common heritage; "a nation of Catholics"; "the
whole country worshipped him" [syn: {nation}, {nationality},
{country}, {a people}]
9: a politically organized body of people under a single
government; "the state has elected a new president" [syn:
{state}, {nation}, {country}, {commonwealth}, {res publica},
{body politic}]
10: working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming
is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any
more" [syn: {farming}]
v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest
branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: {set down}]
2: cause to come to the ground; of aircraft [syn: {put down}, {bring
down}]
3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
[syn: {bring}]
4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the
beach of the island"
5: deliver, as of a blow; "He landed several blows on his
opponent's head"
6: arrive on shore; of ships [syn: {set ashore}, {shore}]
7: shoot at and force to come down of aircraft [syn: {down}, {shoot
down}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The
theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control
is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the
superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some
have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own
implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass
are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that
if the whole area of _terra firma_ is owned by A, B and C, there will
be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or born as trespassers, to
exist.
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep,
For the spark the nature gave
I have there the right to keep
They give me the cat-o'-nine
Whenever I go ashore.
Then ho! for the flashing brine --
I'm a natural commodore!
Dodle
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