lant
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lant¹
- /lænt/
- /lɑːnt/
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier land (“urine”), from Middle English *land (“urine”), from Old English hland (“urine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate with Icelandic hland (“urine”), Norwegian Nynorsk land (“urine”).
noun
-
Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.
Similar: sig
verb lants · lanting · lanted
- To flavor (ale) with aged urine.
lant²
- /lænt/
- /lɑːnt/
noun
- Obsolete form of lanterloo (the card game). Did Mr. Ellershaw speak to Mr. Marsden, when he was playing at lant with you?
lant³
- /lænt/
- /lɑːnt/
Where it comes from
Compare lance.
noun lants
-
Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).
Similar: launce, sand eel, sand lance
LANT⁴
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Atlantic (Atlantic Ocean).
Lant⁵
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Middle English langet, a derivative of lang (“long”), denoting someone who lived by a long strip of ground.
proper noun Lants
- A surname from Middle English.
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