Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Urine; especially, stale urine.
- noun A contraction of lanterloo.
- noun Specifically, Ammodytes americanus. See
sand-eel , 1. - To wet or mingle with urine.
- noun An obsolete preterit of
lend . - noun In ichthyology, the lance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
lanterloo . - noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (
Ammedytes tobianus ) and the American species (Ammedytes Americanus ) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called alsolaunce , andsand eel . - noun Prov. Eng. Urine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect, Northern England Obsolete form of
lanterloo . (the card game) - noun
Aged urine . - verb transitive, obsolete To
flavor (ale ) with aged urine.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In gal'lant, meaning brave, &c., the accent is on the first syllable.
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The old folk would still keep on with their whist in the parlour, and the young ones would play lant loo in the houseplace.
From the archive, 26 December 1903: A farmer's Christmas in the Dales 2011
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Timberlake i dunno, I dont really care about that green lant movie, i'd rather see a flash movie jmble
Justin Timberlake Screen Testing For Green Lantern | /Film 2009
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Da mores yew hab, the beddur yr commint. 5 beh cornsidered axe a lant.
They waz here - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The winner "[P] lant an organic Victory Garden at the White House."
Daily Digest: Crafting Obama's Triangle of Press, Public, and Politics Scola, Nancy 2009
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The winner "[P] lant an organic Victory Garden at the White House."
Daily Digest: Crafting Obama's Triangle of Press, Public, and Politics 2009
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I know cheap requiem lant, and it is very interesting.
Top 80 Charities for Open Source and Open Access Advocates Beth Ritter-Guth 2008
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Die herren waren milte, von arde hohe erborn, mit kraft unmazen kuene, die recken uz erkorn, dazen Burgonden so was ir lant genant, si framden starkiu wunder sit in Etzelen lant.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Although there are a lot of ways to make lots of cheap requiem lant here I will tell you all of the ways that I know and what I do to buyrequiem online gold.
Where have all the punks gone? Jeff 2007
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Making requiem gold is the old question : Honestly there is no fast way to make lots of requiem lant .
Where have all the punks gone? Jeff 2007
sionnach commented on the word lant
Stale urine used in manufacturing.
January 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word lant
Manufacturing ... what? Actually, might be better not to know. Hey c_b, is this you-know-what?
July 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word lant
... No. No, I don't think so. But it is used repeatedly in a comedy song by Stan Freberg, a spoof of Lawrence Welk, called "Wun'erful, Wun'erful."
I don't think it has the same meaning.
Probably for manufacturing chemicals like saltpeter and black powder, I would guess.
July 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word lant
Some of the sources mention one of its uses as a flavouring for beer. Now THAT's a sustainable industry.
July 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the word lant
saltpetre makers and fullers need your lant
Then there was the German obsession with angel's piss, a substance thought in Teutonic myth to be the elixir of life. This ultimately led to plans to invade England, which - in a hilarious etymological misunderstanding - was erroneously believed to be the source of the coveted 'Engel-lant'.
July 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the word lant
See waulking.
March 26, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word lant
Also see lanterloo.
September 15, 2011
Gammerstang commented on the word lant
(verb/noun) - To put urine into ale to make it strong.
--John Ray's Words Not Generally Used, 1691
January 14, 2018