LANT

Etymology 1

Noun

lant (uncountable)

Aged urine.

Verb

lant (third-person singular simple present lants, present participle lanting, simple past and past participle lanted)

(transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.

Etymology 2

Noun

lant (uncountable)

(UK, dialect, Northern England) Obsolete form of lanterloo. (the card game)

Etymology 3

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• launce

• sand eel

• sand lance

Anagrams

• Nat'l, natl.

Proper noun

LANT (plural er-noun)

(military) Abbreviation of Atlantic. (Atlantic Ocean)

Anagrams

• 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



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