LANSQUENET Lans"que*net, n. Etym: [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See Land, and Knight.]
1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; — a term used in France and Western Europe.
2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. [They play] their little game of lansquenet. Longfellow.
LANT
Lant, n.
Defn: Urine. [Prov. Eng.] Nares.
LANT
Lant, n. Etym: [Cf. Lance.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.
LANT
Lant, n.
Defn: See Lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.
LANTANIUM; LANTANUM
Lan*ta"ni*um, Lan"ta*num, n. (Chem.)