LAND-LOUPER. [Dutch.] Meaning he who flies from this country for crime or debt, but not to be confounded with [land-lubber] (which see).
LAND-LUBBER. A useless longshorer; a vagrant stroller. Applied by sailors to the mass of landsmen, especially those without employment.
LANDMARK. Any steeple, tree, windmill, or other object, serving to guide the seaman into port, or through a channel.
LAND-SHARKS. Crimps, pettifogging attorneys, slopmongers, and the canaille infesting the slums of sea-port towns.
LAND-SLIP. The fall of a quantity of land from a cliff or declivity; the land sliding away so as often to carry trees with it still standing upright.
LANDSMEN. The rating formerly of those on board a ship who had never been at sea, and who were usually stationed among the waisters or after-guard. Some of those used to small craft are more ready about the decks than in going aloft. The rating is now Second-class Ordinary.
LAND-TURN. A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
LAND-WAITERS. See [Landing-waiters].
LANE. "Make a lane there!" An order for men to open a passage and allow a person to pass through.
LANE or Vein of Ice. A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.