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An inhabitant of an island.

Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. Cotgrave.

An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.

An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).

A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.

Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.

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

Of or pertaining to Lapland.

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

The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkühn.

A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.

Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland. The Lowlands, Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.

A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula. Dryden. After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland. Hawthorne.

A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders. [Written also mallenders.]

Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants. Howell.

Land consisting of a moor or moors.

Moorland.

Moorland. [Obs.]

The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.