land /ˈlænd/
 C陸地,地面;U土地,田地;C國土,國家;地帶,境界;地皮(vt.)使上岸,使登陸
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 Land n. Urine. See Lant. [Obs.]
 Land, n.
 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.
 Note: ☞ In the expressions “to be, or dwell, upon land,” “to go, or fare, on land,” as used by Chaucer, land denotes the country as distinguished from the town.
    A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country].   --Chaucer.
 3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
 4. The inhabitants of a nation or people.
 These answers, in the silent night received,
 The king himself divulged, the land believed.   --Dryden.
 5. The mainland, in distinction from islands.
 6. The ground or floor. [Obs.]
    Herself upon the land she did prostrate.   --Spenser.
 7. Agric. The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
 8. Law Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.
 9. Naut. The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
 10. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.
 Land agent, a person employed to sell or let land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters connected with land.
 Land boat, a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails.
 Land blink, a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See Ice blink.
 Land breeze. See under Breeze.
 Land chain. See Gunter's chain.
 Land crab Zool., any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size.
 Land fish a fish on land; a person quite out of place. --Shak.
 Land force, a military force serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force.
 Land, ho! Naut., a sailor's cry in announcing sight of land.
 Land ice, a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe.
 Land leech Zool., any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast.
 Land measure, the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement.
 Land of bondage or House of bondage, in Bible history, Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression.
 Land o' cakes, Scotland.
 Land of Nod, sleep.
 Land of promise, in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a better country or condition of which one has expectation.
 Land of steady habits, a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut.
 Land office, a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.]
 Land pike. Zool. (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus.
 Land service, military service as distinguished from naval service.
 Land rail. Zool (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See Crake. (b) An Australian rail (Hypotænidia Phillipensis); -- called also pectoral rail.
 Land scrip, a certificate that the purchase money for a certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.]
 Land shark, a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant]
 Land side (a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned toward the land. (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land.
 Land snail Zool., any snail which lives on land, as distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm countries are Diœcia, and belong to the Tænioglossa. See Geophila, and Helix.
 Land spout, a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land.
 Land steward, a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc.
 Land tortoise, Land turtle Zool., any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See Tortoise.
 Land warrant, a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land. [U.S.]
 Land wind. Same as Land breeze (above).
 To make land Naut., to sight land. To set the land, to see by the compass how the land bears from the ship.
 To shut in the land, to hide the land, as when fog, or an intervening island, obstructs the view.
 Land, v. i.
 1. To come to the end of a course; to arrive at a destination, literally or figuratively; as, he landed in trouble; after hithchiking for a week, he landed in Los Angeles.
 2. Specifically: To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.
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 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 to 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.
 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: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in
         which plants can grow (especially with reference to its
         quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
         agricultural soil" [syn: ground, soil]
      3: 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]
      4: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
         domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
         land" [syn: domain, demesne]
      5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
         of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
         [syn: country, state]
      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 who live in a nation or country; "a statement
         that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced
         to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation,
          country, a people]
      9: a politically organized body of people under a single
         government; "the state has elected a new president";
         "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's
         capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an
         industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, commonwealth,
          res publica, body politic]
      10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into
          lenses and invented the one-step photographic process
          (1909-1991) [syn: Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land]
      11: 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; "the pilot managed to land the
         airplane safely" [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 (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's
         head"
      6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: set
         ashore, shore]
      7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several
         of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down]