Defn: A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
LANDFALL
Land"fall, n.
1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: Sighting or making land when at sea. A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
LANDFLOOD
Land"flood`, n.
Defn: An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
Clarendon.
LANDGRAVE
Land"grave`, n. Etym: [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf.
D. landgraaf, F. landgrave.]
Defn: A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in
England and of a count in France.
Note: The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.