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cuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple. Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or conditions are determined.

ancient forest; an ancient castle. "Our ancient bickerings." Shak. Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy fathers have set. Prov. xxii. 28. An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters. Scott.

A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.

e relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (Fig.), to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. C. Kingsley. Kane.

ed by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Gwilt.

A boundary; a landmark. Halliwell.

Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. Farrow.

object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.

A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. Bacon.

change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. Goldsmith.

One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.

Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.

A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.