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water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land. Dryden.

In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- Land"*lea`guer (#), n. -- Land"*lea`guism (#), n.

Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.

Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. [Colloq.]

A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.

be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw.]

A small landau.

A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by "resident magistrates."

Having an estate in land. The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. Addison.

One who lands, or makes a landing. "The lander in a lonely isle." Tennyson.

A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. Clarendon.

A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

The territory held by a landgrave.

The wife of a landgrave.

A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing, n. & a.

Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore. Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel. -- Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. -- Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf…

A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

See Landlouper.

Having no property in land.