lant

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  1. Urine; especially, stale urine. Stale urine, or lant, has been much used as a detergent in wool-scouring on account of the ammonium, carbonate it contains. Though still used, it has been largely supplanted by ammonia, sodium carbonate, etc. The use of sulphurous acid, and of ammoniacal liquors in the form of lant or stale urine, is known (from drawings on the walls of Pompeii) to have been practised by the Romans. Spons' Encyc. Manuf., I. 509.
  2. To wet or mingle with urine.
  3. A contraction of lanterloo.
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  • Was he being gal­lant, or was he only hoping to avoid a scene? —  HPre2243_-_Pregnant_Mistress,_The_-_Marton,_Sandra.htm
  • The hope of increasing them by any given exertion will often prove a stimulant to industry; but the necessity of acquiring them will in all works of genius convert the stimu- lant into a narcotic. —  Biographia Literaria
  • First off if the name is not taken the name and some requiem lant of book Requiem I do not if it is allowed to name a book. —  planet rome.ro
  • Fatih Hayrio? lu'nun not defteri » 29 Temmuz 2008 web'den seçme haberler » CSS'de, kar?? la?? lan, Ba? lant?, —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Names of countries ending in {-lant} often have no ending in the dative, as {Engellant} beside {Engellande}, see §41. —  A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
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  1. Var. of land.
  2. from lant, n.
  3. Abbr. of lanterloo.
  4. A variant of lance, launce.
 

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