In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
lant (uncountable)
Aged urine.
lant (third-person singular simple present lants, present participle lanting, simple past and past participle lanted)
(transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.
lant (uncountable)
(UK, dialect, Northern England) Obsolete form of lanterloo. (the card game)
lant (plural lants)
Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes. The common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait.
• launce
• sand eel
• sand lance
• Nat'l, natl.
LANT (plural er-noun)
(military) Abbreviation of Atlantic. (Atlantic Ocean)
• Nat'l, natl.
Source: Wiktionary
Lant, n.
Definition: Urine. [Prov. Eng.] Nares.
Lant, n. Etym: [Cf. Lance.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.
Lant, n.
Definition: See Lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2025
(noun) generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.