n. A byland. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. bijlander; bij by + land land, country. ] (Naut.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep
Along the coast, and land in view to keep? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [ R. ] Neale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a feeling of extreme joy; jubilation.
n. a feeling of extreme joy; jubilance; jubilation.
a. [ L. jubilans, -antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. F. jubilant. See Jubilate. ] Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. “The jubilant age.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a jubilant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant. ] Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing;