Definitions For Lant

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier land, , urine, from Middle English land, , urine, from {{inh, en, ang, hland, , urine}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, hlandą, , urine}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *klān-, , liquid, wet ground}}. Cognate with {{cog, is, hland, , urine}}, {{cog, no, land, , urine}}.

Noun

LANT (uncountable) aged, aged urine.

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Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.

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Etymology 2

Noun

LANT (uncountable) (UK, dialect, Northern England) {{obsolete form of, en, lanterloo}} (the card game) : (Halliwell)

Etymology 3

Compare lance.

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.