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Toward the land.

orm or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

ovelace. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton. Looking backward in vain toward their Lares and lands. Longfellow.

The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to Ant: starboard.

A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. Sir W. Scott.

The bestowment of a largess or gift. [Obs.]

Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.

Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.

Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.

By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.

as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at. -- To laugh out, to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud. -- To laugh out of the other corner (or side) of the mouth, to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or…

To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

ls: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.

compass with an army. (b) To beset pertinaciously. -- To lay the course (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. -- To lay the land (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. -- To lay to (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor.

for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates. I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. Bacon

To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc. They delight rather to lean to their old customs. Spenser.

The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.