Dictionary: LAN – LANZ

• LAN!
int. 1857 Eng. dial. – an exclamation and mild oath; Lord!  
 
• LANARIOUS 
adj. 1656 obs. rare – belonging to wool
 
• LANARK
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to lark  
 
• LANARY
n. 1727 obs. rare – a wool-house; a warehouse or storehouse for wool
 
• LANC
n. c1870 Brit. navvies’ sl. – a Lancashire man 
 
• LANCASHIRE GLOVES
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – hands without gloves  
 
• LANCASHIRE LASS
n. c1880 Brit. rhyming sl. – a glass, a tumbler; usually plural 
 
• LANCASHIRE LASSES
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – glasses, spectacles  
 
• LANCASTRIAN
n. 1888 – a native of Lancashire, England  
 
• LANCE
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a branch of a tree, a shoot
n. 2. 1375 obs. – a leap, bound, dash
n. 3. 1622 sl. – the penis  
n. 4. 1669 obs. – a cut, incision, slit
n. 5. 1952 US drug culture sl. – a hypodermic needle  
vb. 1. a1300 obs. – of leaves, fire: to spring forth, to shoot up
vb. 2. a1300 obs. – of pain: to shoot
vb. 3. a1300 chiefly poetic usage rare – to fling, to hurl, to throw a dart, etc.; to shoot out the tongue; to put forth blossoms
vb. 4. a1300 obs. – to throw out a tale, words, etc.; to utter
vb. 5. c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush 
vb. 6. c1515 obs. – to launch a boat
vb. 7. 1588 obs. – to make a dash or stroke with a pen
vb. 8. 1908 US sl. – to swindle  
vb. 9. 1960 US sl. – of a man: to copulate with  
 
• LANCE-COMICAL
n. c1946 Brit. army sl. – a lance-corporal 
 
• LANCE-CORPORAL TOWROPE
n. c1939 Brit. army sl. – a driver mechanic 
 
• LANCE IN REST
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the erect penis
 
• LANCE-JACK
n. 1912 Brit. sl. – a lance-corporal or lance-bombardier  
 
• LANCE-KNIGHT
n. c1590 cant – a highwayman 
 
• LANCE-MAN
n. 1592 obs. – a highwayman
 
• LANCEMAN-PRIGGER
n. c1590 cant – a highwayman  
 
• LANCEMENT
n. 1658 obs. rare – the act of lancing or cutting; an incision
 
• LANCE OF LOVE
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the penis, esp. the erect penis
 
• LANCINATE
vb. 1603 rare – to pierce, to tear
 
• LANCINATING
adj. 1762 – chiefly used of pain: acute, darting, piercing  
 
• LANCINATION
n. 1. 1630 – a cutting, a lancing  
n. 2. 1649 – piercing pain; acute agony  
 
• LAND
n. 1. c900 obs. – the country, as opposed to the town
n. 2. 1925 Sc. – a pew in a church  
vb. 1. 1624 nonce usage obs. – to bestow land upon
vb. 2. 1637 obs. – to throw a bridge across a river
 
• LAND ABOVE!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation 
 
• LANDAGE
n. 1470-85 obs. – landing, coming ashore
 
• LAND ALIVE!
int. 1865 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND-A-MASSY!
int. 1917 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise, dismay, etc.  
 
• LAND-BAIST
vb. 1975 Amer. dial. – to lambaste, to beat, to thrash  
 
• LAND-BERG
n. 1853 – a glacier  
 
• LAND BIRD
n. 1827 US nautical sl. – a landlubber; a person having no experience at sea

• LAND-BORN
adj. 1589 obs. – native
 
• LAND-BRED
adj. 1. 1591 – brought up on land  
adj. 2. 1596 – native, indigenous  
 
• LAND-BREEZE
n. 1667 – a breeze blowing from the land seawards  
 
• LAND-BRIST
n. 1375 Sc. obs. – surf
 
• LAND-BURST
n. Bk1902 Sc. – a succession of a few breakers at change of tide, or at intervals during a storm  
 
• LAND-COUPER
n. 1830 Sc. – one who buys and sells land  
 
• LAND CRAB
n. 1861 US nautical sl. – a landlubber’ a person having no experience at sea

• LAND-DAMN
vb. 1611 obs. rare – ? to make a hell on earth for a person
(as per N.E.D. “…the sense ‘to abuse with rancour’ …appears to be imperfectly authenticated”)
 
• LANDAM-LANTAN
vb. 1777 Eng. dial. – to reprimand sharply; to rate
 
• LAND-DOCTOR
n. 1808 Eng. dial. – a professional valuer of land  
 
• LANDER
n. 1. 1925 Sc. – a fall on the ground, as when skating  
n. 2. 1902 Eng. &  Amer. dial. – a very hard blow  
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. – to idle; to leave off work
 
• LANDERLY
adv. Bk1902 Eng. dial. obs. – landward
 
• LAND-EVIL
n. c1440 obs. – an epidemic
 
• LANDFALL
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a windfall  
 
• LAND-FEATHER
n. c1582 obs. – a bay or inlet
 
• LANDFOLK
n. c1000 obs. exc. Sc. – the people of a land or country; country people,  rural population
 
• LAND-FRIGATE
n. 1611 obs. – a harlot, a strumpet
 
• LAND-GATE
adv. 1536 Sc. obs. – by land
n. 1. 1637 Sc. obs. – way or passage over land
n. 2. 1726 obs. – (usually as ‘landgate’) a long and narrow piece of land
 
• LAND-GATES
adv. 1768 Sc. – towards the interior of the country  
 
• LAND HO!
int. 1840 – a cry of sailors when first sighting land  
 
• LAND-ILL
n. c1500 obs. – an epidemic
 
• LANDING GEAR
n. 1941 US aviators’ usage – the legs  
 
• LANDISH
adj. 1. a1300 obs. – belonging to the land or country; native 
adj. 2. 1489 obs. – of the commons or common people
 
• LAND-JUNKER
n. 1840 – a country squire  
 
• LAND KNOWS!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• L AND L
n. 1969 US jocular usage – rest and recreation (Liquor and Love)  
 
• LANDLADY
n. 1. 1600 obs. rare – a mistress
n. 2. 1939 US sl. – the proprietress of a brothel; a madam  
 
• THE LANDLADY’S
n. 1879 US sl. – a brothel  
 
• LAND-LASH
n. 1820 Sc. – a heavy fall of rain accompanied by high wind  
 
• LAND-LEAPER
n. 1377 obs. – a criminal vagabond, subsisting on pilfering and often disguised with fake sores and similar blandishments; one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig.  a renegade; an adventurer
 
• LAND-LEAPING
adj. 1377 obs. – vagabond
 
• LAND-LINE
n. 1875 – the outline of the land against sky and sea  
 
• LANDLOOKER
n. 1. 1840 Amer. dial. – a land agent or speculator  
n. 2. 1891 Amer. dial. – in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber  
 
• LAND-LOPER
n. 1. a1500 now chiefly Sc. – a criminal vagabond, subsisting on pilfering and often disguised with fake sores and similar blandishments; one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig.  a renegade; an adventurer 
n. 2. E17 sl. – a wandering tramp; a vagrant  
n. 3. 1694 obs. – a land-lubber; a freshwater seaman; a landsman
 
• LAND-LOPING
adj. 1577 obs. exc. Sc. – wandering, roving, vagabond  
 
• LANDLORD
n. 1. a1635 – God 
n. 2. 1824 Sc. – the head of a family where one is a guest; one’s host  
 
• LANDLORD HALO
n. 1980s US sl. – a notably dim light, as in the hallway of a slum apartment block, but also elsewhere  
 
• LANDLORDRY
n. 1597-8 obs. rare  – landlords as a class
 
• THE LANDLORD’S BOTTLE
n. 1804 Sc. obs. – a bottle of liquor circulated by the host after the first supply for the guests at a party has been exhausted  
 
• LAND-LOUPER
n. a1500 now chiefly Sc. – one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law; a vagrant, a vagabond; fig.  a renegade; an adventurer 
 
• LAND-LOUPING
adj. 1577 obs. exc. Sc. – wandering, roving, vagabond  
 
• LAND-LUBBER
n. 1. E17 sl. – a wandering tramp; a vagrant  
n. 2. a1700 – a sailor’s term of contempt for a landsman  
 
• LAND-LUBBING
adj. 1810 Sc. – belonging to a countryman  
 
• LANDMAN
n. 1. a1000 obs. – a man of a specified or indicated country
n. 2. a1300 – a countryman, a peasant 
n. 3. 1480 now rare or obs. – one who lives or has his business on land, as opposed to a ‘seaman’  
n. 4. 1562 obs. – a man having landed property
 
• LAND-MARCH
n. 1. 1614 obs. – territory bordering on another country
n. 2. 1859 Sc. – a boundary  
 
• LAND MARINE
n. 1853 US nautical sl. – a policeman  
 
• LANDMASTER
n. 1795 Sc. – a proprietor of land, a landowner  
 
• LAND-MEAD
n. 1577-87 obs. – a tract of meadow land
 
• LAND-MERE
n. 1603 obs. – a boundary of land
 
• LAND-METE
n. 1608 obs. – a measurement of land  
 
• LAND-METER
n. 1582 obs. – a land-measurer or surveyor
 
• LAND-METSTER
n. 1714 Sc. – a land-measurer, a surveyor  
 
• LAND-METTER
n. 1726 Sc. – a land-measurer, a surveyor  
 
• LAND NAVY
n. M19 sl. – beggars who pose as impoverished seamen  
 
• LAND-NECK
n. 1618 obs. – an isthmus
 
• LANDOCRACY
n. 1848 jocular usage – the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property
 
• LANDOCRAT
n. 1893 jocular usage – a member of the landocracy
 
• LAND OF BEHEST
n. c1300 obs. – land of promise 
 
• LAND OF CAKES
n. 1669 Sc. – Scotland, arising from the fact that oatcakes were an important item in the fare of the rural population  
 
• LAND OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Japan  
 
• LAND OF DARKNESS
n. 1930s African-American sl. – Harlem, New York City; hence, the Black district of any city  
 
• LAND OF FRUIT AND NUTS
n. 1940s US sl. – California  
 
• LAND OF GOLD
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – California  
 
• LAND OF GOOD!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND OF GOODNESS!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation
 
• LAND OF GOSHEN!
int. 19C sl. – an oath and an exclamation
 
• LAND OF HEAVEN!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation
 
• LAND OF HOPE
n. 20C rhyming sl. – soap  
 
• LAND OF KAIL
n. 1826 Sc. – Scotland, where broth is a national dish  
 
• LAND OF LIBERTY!
int. 1957 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND OF LOVE!
int. 1957 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND OF MANNA
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Utah  
 
• LAND OF MIGHTY!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND OF MOSES!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND OF PERPETUAL SUNSHINE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – California  
 
• LAND OF REGRETS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – India
 
• LAND OF SCOTS
n. L19 sl. – heaven  
 
• LAND OF THE BUCKSKIN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Virginia  
 
• LAND OF THE CAJUN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Louisiana
 
• LAND OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Vermont
 
• LAND OF THE LEAL
n. 1798 Sc. – the realm of the blessed departed, heaven  
 
• LAND OF THE LIVING!
int. 1885 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND OF THE LONG WHITE SHROUD
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – New Zealand
 
• LAND OF THE MORMONS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Utah  
 
• LAND OF THE RAG-HEAD
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl., derogatory – India
 
• LAND OF THE ROUND DOORKNOB
n. 1970 US military overseas usage – the United States  
 
• LAND OF THE SETTING SUN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Japan  
 
• LAND OF THE SHEEPHERDER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Wyoming
 
• LAND OF THE SQUAREHEAD
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Germany
 
• LAND OF THE THISTLE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Scotland
 
• LAND OF THE WOODEN HAMS
n. 19C Aust. sl. – America  
 
• LAND OF THE WOODEN NUTMEGS
n. 19C Aust. sl. – America
 
• LAND OF TWANG
n. 1900s Aust. sl. – the United States  
 
• LAND ON
vb. 1910s US sl. – to scold; to reprimand; to rebuke or take decisive action against  
 
• LAND ON A PEBBLY BEACH
vb. L19 sl. – to be short of money  
 
• LAND ON ONE’S FEET
vb. 1950s sl. – to survive a difficult situation  
 
• LANDOWNER
n. 19C Brit. & US colloq. – a dead person; someone who ‘owns’ and occupies a grave  
 
• LAND-PASSAGE
n. 1601 obs. – an isthmus
 
• LAND PIKE
n. 1841 US jocular usage – a free-running or half-wild hog, or a more inferior breed of hog
 
• LAND-PIRATE
n. 1. 1609 – one who robs on land; a highwayman  
n. 2. c1670 obs. – a literary pirate 
n. 3. E19 sl. – a thieving prostitute  
 
• LANDPROP
n. 1936 African-American sl. – a landlady or landlord  
 
• LAND RAIN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – rainfall  
 
• LAND-RAKER
n. L16 sl. – a vagrant, a tramp  
 
• LAND-RAT
n. 1632 obs. – a term of abuse for a person
 
• LAND-REAK
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – fog arising from the ground  
 
• LAND-ROAK
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – fog arising from the ground
 
• LAND-RUSH
n. 1549 obs. – landslip, landslide
 
• LAND SAKES!
int. M19 chiefly US – a euphemism for avoiding ‘Lord sakes’
 
• LAND-SAKES ALIVE!
int. 1909 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND’S ALIVING!
int. 1906 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LANDSCAPE-WORKER
n. 1598 obs. – one who paints landscapes
 
• LAND-SEA
n. Bk1902 Sc. – heavy breakers on the shoe  
 
• LAND SECURITY
n. M18 sl. – unauthorized absence  
 
• LAND’S END
int. 1980s US college sl. – an exclamation  
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – an out-of-the-way place or an unimportant village  
 
• LAND-SHARK
n. 1. 17C sl. – a ruffian, a thug  
n. 2. 1769 nautical usage – a person, esp. a lawyer, who preys avariciously upon seamen ashore  
n. 3. 1840 US jocular usage – a free-running or half-wild hog  
n. 4. 1857 rare – land-grabber  
n. 5. 19C sl. – a custom house officer  
n. 6. 19C sl. – a policeman
n. 7. M19 sl. – a moneylender; a usurer  
 
• LAND-SHUT
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a flood  
 
• LAND-SIDE
n. a1533 obs. – the shore 
 
• LANDSLIP
n. 1679 – the sliding down of a mass of land on a mountain or cliff side; land which has so fallen; a landslide

• LANDSLIPPY
adj. 1893 – characterized by landslips or landslides  
 
• LANDSMAN
n. c1000 obs. – a native of a particular country 
n. 2. 1598 rare – one’s fellow-countryman
n. 3. 1666-7 – one who lives or has his business on land, as opposed to a ‘seaman’  
 
• LAND-SPEECH
n. c1250 obs. – a language, tongue
 
• LAND’S SAKE!
int. 1834 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND-STEAD
adj. 1688 Colonial usage – provided with landed property
 
• LAND-STRAIT
n. 1601 obs. – an isthmus
 
• LAND-SWELL
n. 1812 – the roll of the water near the shore  
 
• LAND-TIDE
n. 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the undulating motion seen in the air on a hot day  
 
• LAND-TRASH
n. 1856 – broken ice near the shore  
 
• LAND-TURN
a land-breeze
 
• LAND-URCHIN
n. 1601 obs. – the hedgehog
 
• LANDWARD
adj. 1725 Sc. – having country manner, rustic; awkward, uncouth  
n. 1. 1821 Sc. – a country dweller, a rustic  
n. 2. 1845 Sc. – the country; inland parts
 
• LANDWARD-BRED
adj. 1816 Sc. – country-bred  
 
• LANDWARD MEN
n. 1853 Sc. – rustics as distinguished from citizens
 
• LANDWARDNESS
n. 1882 Sc. – rusticity  
 
• LANDWARD TOWN
n. 1790 Sc. – a farmhouse in the depths of the country;  a country house
 
• LAND WARM IT!
int. 1931 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND-WASTER
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a prodigal; a spendthrift  
 
• LAND-WATERS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. –  rivers overflowing and flooding the land
 
• LAND-WAY
n. c1250 obs. – a way or path over land
 
• LANDWAYS
adv. 1792 Sc. – by land  
 
• LAND-WINKLE
n. 1603 obs. – a snail
 
• LAND WITH ONE’S BUM IN THE BUTTER
vb. 1971 – to have extremely good fortune
 
• LAND WORM
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an earthworm  
 
• LANDY!
int. 1877 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LAND-YOUNKER
n. 1603 obs. – a country squire  
 
• LANDY SAKES!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – an exclamation  
 
• LANE
n. 1. 1825-80 Sc. – a sluggish stream of water; also the smooth part of a stream  
n. 2. 1933 US sl., esp. African-American & criminals’ usage – a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated  
 
• THE LANE
n. a1553 sl. – the throat 
 
• LANE-BORN
adj. 1834 – country-born, rustic  
 
• LANE-ENDS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – crossroads
 
• LANEING
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a lane
 
• LANEOUS
adj. 1676 obs. rare – pert. to wool  
 
• LANERLY
adj. 1823 Sc. – lonely, alone, reserved in manner  
 
• LANEY
adj. 1876 nonce word – pert. to a lane  
 
• LANGAR
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – the lash of a whip
 
• LANGEL;  LANGELL
n. 1. 1324-25 Eng. dial. obs. – a woollen rug or blanket
n. 2. 1892 End. dial. – a hindrance
 
• LANGER
adv. 1303 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. – long ere, long since
 
• LANGERIN
n. 1958 Sc. – languishing, the state of feeling bored  
 
• LANGERN
vb. c1440 obs. rare – to languish, to lie sick 
 
• LANGERSOME
adj. 1880 Sc. – boring, tedious, tiresome  
 
• LANGLE
n. 1931 Ireland & Sc. – a long, lanky person; anything long and loose in movement  
vb. 1713 Sc. – to involve, to encumber, to curb, to restrain, to hamper, to frustrate  
 
• LANGLINS
adv. 1. 1768 Sc. – lengthwise  
adv. 2. 1835 Sc. – in a slow, long-drawn-out manner  
 
• LANGOLEE
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the penis  
 
• LANGOT;  LANGOTE
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – the strap of a shoe; a shoe-string
 
• LANGREL
adj. 1608 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – tall, lanky  
 
• LANG SYNE
adj. 1798 Sc. – of long ago, of yore, ancient  
adv. 1500-20 Sc. – long since, long ago  
 
• LANG-SYNER
n. 1843 Eng. dial. – a person who lived long ago
 
• LANGUAGER
n. 1. 1483 obs. rare – a verbose person
n. 2. c1570 obs. rare – one versed in languages
 
• LANGUE
n. c1330 obs. rare – a tongue or language
 
• LANGUEFY
vb. 1. 1607 obs. rare – to make faint or languid
vb. 2. a1734 obs. rare  – to become weak or languid
 
• LANGUENT
adj. c1510 obs. – that is sick
 
• LANGUESCENT
adj. 1837 rare –growing faint or languid
 
• LANGUET
vb. c1430 obs. rare – to chatter, to talk idly
 
• LANGUID LADY
n. 1915 Amer. dial. – a bluebell  
 
• LANGUIFIC
adj. 1727 obs. rare – that makes weak or faint
 
• LANGUIFICAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare – that makes weak or faint
 
• LANGUISH
vb. 1. 1626 obs. – of light, colour, sound, etc.: to become faint
vb. 2. 1729 obs. – of health: to fall off  
 
• LANGUISHANT
adj. 1674 obs. rare – languishing, suffering from languor  
 
• LANGUISHNESS
n. 1540 obs. rare – languor, languid condition
 
• LANGUISTER
n. 1713 Amer. dial. – an interpreter  
 
• LANGUOR
n. 1. a1300 obs. – disease, sickness, illness
n. 2. a1300 obs. – mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit
n. 3. a1300 obs. – woeful plight; distressed condition; sad case
vb. c1350 obs. – to languish
 
• LANGUORMENT
n. 1593 obs. – a state of languishing
 
• LANGUOROUS
adj. 1490 obs. – distressful, sorrowful, mournful  
 
• LANGWIDGE
n. 1887 Sc. – languor, languishing
 
• LANI
adj. 1. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – intellectually sophisticated  
adj. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – moneyed, rich, wealthy
adj. 3. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – showy, arrogant
n. 1. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a boss, an employer
n. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a White person; a rich person
 
• LANIARIOUS
adj. 1651 obs. rare – butcher-like
 
• LANIARY
n. 1623 obs. – a ‘shambles’ ( a butcher’s slaughter-house)
 
• LANIATE
vb. 1721 rare – to lacerate; to tear in pieces
 
• LANIATION
n. 1623 obs. – a tearing like a butcher
 
• LANIE
adj. 1. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – intellectually sophisticated  
adj. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – moneyed, rich, wealthy
adj. 3. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – showy, arrogant
n. 1. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a boss, an employer
n. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a White person; a rich person
 
• LANIFEROUS
adj. 1656 – wool-bearing  
 
• LANIFIC
adj. 1. a1693 obs. – wool-bearing
adj. 2. 1806 rare – busied in spinning wool  
 
• LANIFICAL
adj. a1693 obs. – wool-bearing
 
• LANIFICE
n. 1626 obs. rare – a spinning or weaving of wool
 
• LANIFICOUS
adj. 1721 obs. – wool-bearing; working in wool  
 
• LANIGEROUS
adj. 1608 – wool-bearing; woolly  
 
• LANIONIOUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – pert. to a butcher  
 
• LANIPENDIOUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – engaged in weighing or spinning wool
 
• LANK
adj. 1883 US sl. – hungry  
n. 1. 1861 Sc. – a lean creature; a spent herring  
n. 2. c1870 Brit. navvies’ sl. – a Lancashire man 
n. 3. 1876 Eng. dial. – the groin; the flank; the hip-joint
n. 4. 1881 – a lanky or lean person  
n. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a dingle which is not very steep
vb. 1804 Sc. – to make lean or emaciated  
 
• LANK DOWN
vb. 1935 Amer. dial. – to become sparing or frugal  
 
• LANKIBER
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a sheltered residence
 
• LANKIN
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – lanky
 
• LANK INSIDE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – hungry  
 
• LANKISH
adj. 1689 obs. – somewhat lank
 
• LANKISTER-LOUP
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the game of leap-frog
 
• LANKIT
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a short lane
 
• LANKITY
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – long and slender, lanky
 
• LANKREL
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – over-tall and thin; lanky
 
• LANKY
adj. 1. 1670 obs. – of hair: somewhat lank  
adj. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – belonging to Lancashire
adj. 3. 1992 Amer. dial. – hungry  
n. 1877 Eng. dial. – a native of Lancashire
 
• LANKY-LONG-LEGS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy
 
• LANKY-LOO
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy

• LANNER
n. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the thong or lash of a whip
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to whip
 
• LANNIKY
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – lanky
 
• LANNOCK
n. 1825 Eng. dial. – a long, narrow piece of land
 
• LANNOCKING
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – slender, lean
 
• LANSY SAKE-A-PETER!
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a common exclamation with women
 
• LANT
n. 1. c1000 colloq. rare – stale urine; specifically stale urine for use as a cleaning agent
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – commotion, confusion  
n. 3. 1866 Sc. – a dilemma, a standstill  
n. 4. Bk1902 Sc. – a cheat
n. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a sound thrashing
vb. 1. c1000 colloq. – to urinate 
vb. 2. 1780 Sc. – to cheat, to leave one with some awkward responsibility; to leave on in the lurch  
vb. 3. 1823 Sc. – to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill  
vb. 4. 1861 Sc. – to mock, to jeer, to gibe at  
vb. 5. 1882 Eng. dial. – to delay; to keep waiting; to disappoint
vb. 6. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to vanquish, to beat
 
• LANTAM-RANTAN
vb. 1777 Eng. dial. – to reprimand sharply; to rate
 
• LANTED
adj. c1882 Eng. dial. – defeated; disappointed
 
• LANTER
vb. 1. 1872 Eng. dial. – to be late
vb. 2. 1928 Sc. – to foil, to impede, to hinder  
 
• LANTERED
adj. 1870 Eng. dial. – hard-pressed, distracted, harassed; beaten
 
• LANTERN
n. 1601 obs. – a lighthouse
 
• LANTERN AND CANDLE-LIGHT
n. 1600 obs. – the old cry of the London bellman at night
 
• LANTERN AND CANDLE MAN
n. 1592 obs. – a bellman
 
• LANTERN-JAWED
adj. 1707 – having a long, thin face, giving a hollow appearance to the cheeks
 
• LANTERN-JAWS
n. 1711 – long thin jaws giving a hollow appearance to the cheek  
 
• LANTERN LEAVES
n. 1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a buttercup  
 
• LANTERN-LIGHT
n. 1. 1848 Eng. dial. – the glass panes of a lantern
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the late evening tide
 
• LANTERN-LILY
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus
 
• LANTERN-MAN
n. 1855 Eng. dial. – the will-o’-th’-wisp
 
• LANTERN-PUFF
n . Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a hurry; petulant haste
 
• LANTERN-SWASH
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – excessive perspiration
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a great fright; a state of consternation
 
• LANTERN-SWEAT
n. 1894 Eng. dial. – excessive perspiration
 
• LANTIFY
vb. a1652 obs. rare – to wet with urine
 
• LANTING
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – weakly, incapable
 
• LANTLE
n. Bk1902 obs. – a small piece
 
• LANTORN
adv. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – at a distance
 
• LANTRUN
n. Bk1913 Amer. dial. – a lantern
 
• LAN-TUN
n. Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin – London  
 
• LANTY
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – one who is late; a slowcoach
 
• LANTY-PIE
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the punishment of having the ears and hair pulled