Definition of land

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Land (n.) 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..

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Aguish :: Aguish (a.) Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England..
Agrarian :: Agrarian (n.) One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..
Stereoscope :: Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views..
Megalosaurus :: Megalosaurus (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere..
Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands..
Ploughgate :: Ploughgate (n.) The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
Glebe :: Glebe (n.) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice..
Overland :: Overland (a.) Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey..
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Helvetic :: Helvetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states..
Acinous :: Acinous (a.) Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands..
Caribou :: Caribou (n.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou)..
Farm :: Farm (v. t.) To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds..
Garland :: Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) The smallest size of type used in England printing.
Zamindar :: Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue..
Rent :: Rent (n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc..
Lemur :: Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo..
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