Land

land, n. Earth, or the solid matter constituting the surface of the globe; any portion of the surface of the globe, considered as belonging to an individual or people: ground; soil; inhabitants of a region the; main land, disting. from an adjacent island the ground or floor. {Law.) Any earth whatsoever; real estate. — v. t. To set on shore, disembark, debark. — v. i. To go on shore from a ve el, disembark.—Landing, n. Act of, or place for, going or putting onshore from a. ve el; platform of a railroad station. {Arch.) The level floor at the end of a flight of stairs, or a resting place between 2 flights. — Land'ing-place, n. A landing. — Landle , a. Having no property in land.— Land' ward, adv. Toward the land. — Land'fall, n. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. (Naut.) The first land discovered after a voyage. — Landlady, n. A woman who has tenants holding from her; mistre of a lodging-house. — Land'lock, v. t. To inclose or encompa by land.— Landlord, n. The lord of a manor or of land; the owner of land or houses who has tenants under him; master of an inn or lodging-house. — Land'mark, n. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any fixed and known object or prominent feature of a locality; a striking historical event. {Naut.) Any elevated object on land that serves as a guide to seamen. — Landscape, -skap, n. A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view; picture exhibiting somejreal or fancied scene in nature. — Land'grave, -grav, n. A German nobleman of the rank of an Eng. earl or French count. — Land'gravine, -ven,w. "Wife of, etc.