n. [ OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. chélidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr.
Lasser celandine,
n. [ From Professor Parker
n. Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. the 11 southern states that seceded from the
n. [ D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. oléne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk. ]
n. pl. See Filanders.
n.
‖n. [ F. goëland. ] (Zool.) A white tropical tern (Cygis candida). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Moorland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock; pasture.
v. t. To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To go on shore after having embarked; to land again. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]