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A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

A painter of landscapes.

A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.] Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton.

The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

See Legislature, below.

See Varnpligtige.

A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]

That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.

The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia.

See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.

Toward the land.

That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.

A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

Of or pertaining to Lapland.

Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

Land lying untilled; fallow ground. [Obs.] Blount.

Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid rope.

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.