lan

Now, say the word lan but give a bit of a blow before you bring it out.

The Grey King Susan Cooper 2001

Now, say the word lan but give a bit of a blow before you bring it out.

The Grey King Susan Cooper 2001

Indeed, the sweet-scented little epidendrum called by the Chinese, lan, is continually used to suggest the Kuei and its inmates.

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

He was a-stayin 'at Tom's house, the furriner was, a-dickerin' fer a piece o 'lan' -- the same piece, mebbe, that you're atter now -- an 'Tom keeps him thar fer a week to beat him out'n a dollar, an' then won't let him pay nary a cent fer his boa'd.

Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories 1897

He was a-stayin 'at Tom's house, the furriner was, a-dickerin' fer a piece o 'lan' -- the same piece, mebbe, that you're atter now -- an 'Tom keeps him thar fer a week to beat him out'n a dollar, an' then won't let him pay nary a cent fer his boa'd.

Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories John Fox 1891

If the Democ­rats can spin the GOP’s plain-folks image to make them appear sneaky, secre­tive, eva­sive, and under­handed, then McClel­lan is hardly doing hisjob.

Mum’s the Word « Snarkmarket 2005

The slow, indomitable kind of existing and persisting, without hope or élan, which is in the aboriginal American, sometimes made her feel she would go mad.

The Plumed Serpent 2003

A name, on the coasts between Caen and Havre, of the fish called lançon at Granville and St. Malo, a kind of malacopterygious fish living on sandy shores and hiding in the sand at low tide.

Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601

Kylins, known as lan in Vietnamese, are mythical four-legged hoofed creatures that have dragon-like faces.

unknown title 2009

Danielia Cotton's 2009 live set, "Live Child," showcases her straight-ahead bluesy take on folk; Missy Higgins, from Australia, prefers driving pop; and the Indigo Girls deliver both styles with the kind of lan that disguises how well they craft their songs and harmonies As for Beth Orton, her fans yearn for a new album and rejoice whenever she performs nearby, especially since new songs have been creeping their way into her sets.

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue 2010