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landskip |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.] [D. landschap land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft Sw landskap, Dan. landskab See {Land}, {and} {-schip}.] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. 2. 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 3. The pictorial aspect of a country. The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. --Macaulay. {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Landskip \Land"skip\, n. [See {Landscape}.] A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.] Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. --Milton.
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