lanneret 
lanneret (lan'fer-et), . [Also Invert I : < OP. 
tnnrrct, Imiii r<i, F. l/iin n t, the male of the lan- 
iier, dim. (the male hawk being smaller than I In- 
female) of lanicr, the lanner: HPI- Innun-. ] Tho 
male of /'/( lunarian and some related falcons. 
Sec liunirr. 
lanneroid (lan'er-oid), a. [< lunner + -oid.] 
Like a laimer: specifically applied to an Af- 
rican falcon, l''<ilfi> n rriritlia or /'. Marmicun. 
lanniert (lan'ier), . [Also lanicr; early mod. 
K. In n i/<-r; < ME. langrr, lanrrc, laincr, layner, 
< OF. laniere, F. laniere, a thong, strap, orig. a 
thong for a lanner, a hawk so called, < Imiifr, 
alanner: see lanner. Hence lanyard, laniard.'] 
A leather thong or strap. Specifically (a) A whip- 
lash, (b) A gulge. 
Gigging of schecldes, with Iniineren lasynge. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, I. n; in. 
lannock (lan'ok), . [Perhaps a corruption of 
Iniilciit, a var. of laiiyot, tanj/cfl.] A long narrow- 
piece of land. Hailiwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
lanolin(l an/ 9-li n )> " [X L. tana, wool, + oleum, 
oil, + -in 2 .] A substance, consisting chiefly of 
cholesterin, extracted from wool, used as a ba- 
sis for ointments. 
lanose (lii'nos), a. [< L. lanosus, woolly, < tana, 
wool.] Resembling wool. Cooke, Brit. Fungi, 
p. 786. 
lansa, lanseh (lan'sS, -se), w. [E. Ind. name.] 
The berry of Lansium domesticum. Also langgat. 
lansfordite (lanz'fprd-it), . [< Lansford (see 
def.) + -ite'" 2 .] A hydrous carbonate of mag- 
nesium occurring in stalactitic forms in a coal- 
mine at Lansford in Pennsylvania. 
Lansium (lan'si-um), . [NL. (Bumpf, 1741), 
< lansa or lanseh, the East Indian name of the 
tree.] A genus of East Indian trees belong- 
ing to the order Meliacece, tribe Trichilicce, hav- 
ing the 5 petals imbricated, 10 anthers, a 3- 
to r>-celled ovary and berry, and ariled seeds. 
These trees have od'd-plimate leaves, small, axillary, pan- 
icled or racemose flowers, and large yellow or red berries. 
There are 2, 8, or 4 species, accenting to different authors, 
inhabiting the mountains of India and of the Indian 
archipelago. L. domegticum is cultivated for its yellow 
berry, which contains within a bitter akin a pleasant sub- 
acid pulp. It is the laima, lanseh, or langsat, and the berry 
is known as ayer-ayer. 
lanskett, . [Origin obscure.] A word occur- 
ring only in the following passage, where it is 
supposed to mean a lattice or panel : 
Petron. How know'st thou? 
Jacques. I pcep'd in 
At a loose lansket. Fletcher, Tamer Tamed, ii. 6. 
lansquenet (lans'ke-net), n. [< F. lansquenet. 
< G. landsknecht, a foot-soldier, < lands, gen. of 
land, land, + knecht, a boy, servant : see land 1 
and knight. Cf. lance-knight.'] If. One of a 
class of mercenary foot-soldiers or pikemen 
who in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- 
turies formed a largo proportion of both the 
German and French armies. They took their name 
from that of the class of German serfs who in war at- 
tended their knighta on foot, fighting with light arms 
and without armor, from which class the first permanent 
infantry corps was formed by Maximilian I. at the end of 
the fifteenth century. 
2. A game at cards. It is plnyed by an unlimited 
number of persons against a banker, with one or more 
packs of cards. Beta laid on cards as they arc dealt go 
to the banker or to the players according as these cards 
match with others considered as belonging to one side 
or the other. The game admits of much trickery. 
lant 1 (lant), H. [Var. of fanrf 2 .] Urine; espe- 
cially, stale urine. Stale urine, or lant, has been 
much used as a detergent In wool-scouring on account of 
the ammonium carbonate it contains. Though still used, 
it has been largely supplanted by ammonia, sodium car- 
bonate, etc. 
The use of sulphurous acid, and of ammonlacal liquors 
in the fonn of lant or stale urine, is known (from draw- 
ings on the walls of Pompeii) to have been practised by 
tlie Romans. Spans' Kncyc. llanttf., I. 609. 
lant 1 (lant)j t 1 . t. [<lant l , .] To wet or min- 
gle with urine. 
lant 2 (lant), . [Abbr. of lanterloo.] A con- 
traction of lanterloo. 
lant 3 (lant), n. [Avar, of Iftncel, tawnce 1 .] In 
ichtli., the lance. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
Iant 4 t. An obsolete preterit of lend 1 . 
Lantana (lan-ta'na), n. [NL. (Linnaeus).] 1. 
A genus of gamopetalous plants of the natural 
order Verbrnacea;, tribe Verbfneiv, typo of End- 
licher's tribe and De Candolle's subtribe Lan- 
tnnea:, characterized by a small, membrana- 
ceous, truncate, sinuose-dentate calyx, a corol- 
la with 4 or 5 lobes, and a juicy drupe. Some 40 
or 50 species are known, chiefly tropical or subtropical 
American, but a few are natives of Asia and Africa. They 
are mostly low shrubs, but sometimes climbing high, 
sometimes mere herbs, with opposite toothed leaves; 
often roughened, and dense spikes or heads ol smallish 
red, orange, white, or variously colored flowers sessile in 
3.140 
Larttana mutabilit. 
a, flower ; b. flower cut longitudinally, showing pistil and two of the 
stamens ; c. fruits. 
the axils of bracts. Two of the tropical American species 
(L. tr\fitlia and L. Camara) have become extensively natu- 
ralized in the Old World. Many of the species are culti- 
vated as greenhouse-plants and set out in summer, flower- 
ing freely till frost, the flowers and herbage being some- 
times pleasantly odorous. Among the most common of 
these are L. Camara, L. mixta, L. nivea, L. inoolucrata, 
and L. Sfttmciana. The flowers of most of these species 
change their color with age. In Jamaica the plants of this 
genus are called wild tage.. Four species are found within 
the limits of the United states, chiefly in the southwest. 
/.. macrophyUa Is employed in Infusions as a stimulant, 
and L. pteudo-Uim as a substitute for tea. 
2. [I. c.] A plant of the genus Lantana. 
Lantaneae (lan-ta'ne-e), . pi. [NL. (Endlicher, 
1836), < Lantana + '-eoe.'] A tribe of plants of 
the order Verbenacete, founded on the genus Lan- 
tana, by De Candolle reduced to a subtribe, and 
now included in the tribe Verbenece. 
lantanium (lan-ta'ni-um), n. See lanthanium. 
lantcha, lanchara (lan'ehs, -cha-ril), . [E. 
Ind.] A Malay boat having three masts and a 
bowsprit, in use especially in the eastern part 
of the Indian archipelago. 
lanterloot (lan'ter-18), n. [Also lanctreloo, lang- 
teraloo, lantrillou, etc.; < D. lanterlu, lanterloo. 
Cf. D. lanterfant, an idler.] A game of cards, 
now commonly called loo, sometimes lant. See 
too 2 . 
Were she at her Parish Church, In the Height of her De- 
votion, should any Body in the Interim but stand at the 
Church Door and hold up the Knave of Clubs, she would 
take it to be a Challenge at Lanetre Loo. 
Quoted in Ashton's Social Life In Reign of Queen Anne, 
[I. 103. 
Lanterloo, lantrillou, or lanctreloo, a game in which the 
knavo of clubs is the highest card. 
A. Dobton, Selections from Steele, Notes, p. 480, 
lantern (lan'teru), . [Until recently also 
laittltorn, a popular spelling simulating horn (in 
supposed allusion to the transparent plates of 
horn which often formed the sides of lanterns) ; 
< ME. lanterne, < F. lanterns = Sp. Pg. It. lanter- 
na, < L. lanterna, laterna, < Gr. /a/ijrrtfp, a stand 
or grate used in lighting, a torch, < Ufmeiv, give 
light: see/aw^ 1 .] 1. A case, generally transpa- 
rent or trans- 
lucent, inclos- 
ing a lifrht and 
protecting it 
from the wind 
and rain, and 
either porta- 
ble or fixed. 
The earliest form 
appears to have 
been a collapsing 
corrugated tube 
of some semi- 
transparent fab- 
ric Inclosing a 
lamp or candle. 
This form survives in the Chinese paper lanterns. Lan- 
terns have been made of horn, talc, mica, perforated 
metals, oiled fabrics, paper, and glass. 
He [Hunger] buffated the Brntener a-boote the chekes, 
That he loked lyk a lanterne al bus lyf after. 
Pier* Plowman (C* tx. 174. 
My natural Lantharn, whose diaphanous side 
Can both transmit and safely keep the Light. 
/. Beaumont, Psyche, iv, 46. 
All the way, quite through Hyde Park to the Queen's 
palace at Kensington, has lanterns for illuminating the 
road in the dark nights, for the Coaches. 
Thoresby, Diary, June 15, 1712. 
At the watchman's lantern borrowing light, 
Finds a cold bed her only comfort left, 
Cmtper, Task, ii. 664. 
2. The glass casing surrounding the lamp of a 
lighthouse and forming the upper member of 
the structure. 
Ship's Lanterns. 
i, octagon lantern : 6, masthead-lantern : 
i . signal-lantern. 
Lantern.- Abbey Church of 
St. Ouen, Rouen. France ; Mth 
and I5th centuries. 
lantern 
T'non the shore there is an high Lanthorn, large enough 
at the top to contain about three score persons, which by 
night directeth the Sailer into the entrance of the Boa- 
phorus. Sandyi, Travailes, p. 81. 
3. In arch., specifically, an upright skylight in 
the roof of a building. 
It is distinguished from an 
ordinary skylight In that It 
has vertical sides. Of this na- 
ture la the open tower often 
placed, especially In English 
church architecture, at the 
Junction of the cross In a 
cruciform plan. Much a lan- 
tern has the whole or a con- 
siderable part of the inte- 
rior open to view from be- 
low, and receive* light from 
a range of windows extend- 
ing entirely around it. The 
name Is also applied to a more 
or less open construction on 
the top of a tower, or crown- 
ing a dome, although not serv- 
ing to admit light to the inte- 
rior; also to a louver. See cuts 
under dfune, and domical. 
The most considerable ob- 
ject Is the great abby and 
church, large and rich, built 
after the Ootlc manner, hav- 
ing two spires and middle 
lanternc at the west end all 
of stone. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 25, 1644. 
Upon the cupola was to 
stand the lantern, that was to 
form the proper summit of 
the whole vast edifice, and 
on the proportions and design of which the effect of the 
dome Itself would be greatly dependent. 
C. B. Norton, Church buUdfng In Middle Ages, p. 282. 
4. In the quadrant electrometer, the part of the 
case of the instrument which surrounds the mir- 
ror and suspension-fibers. 6. A device for in- 
closing fabrics in the process of dyeing, to fix 
the colors by the aid of steam. 6. A work- 
men's name for a short perforated core used in 
making hollow castings. 
It must be modelled In loam, upon a piece of cast Iron 
called a lantern, made expressly for this purpose. The 
lantern Is a cylinder or a truncated hollow cone of cut 
iron, about half an Inch thick, and differently shaped for 
every core. Ure, Diet, II. 479. 
7. A kind of cog-wheel. See lantern-icheel. 8. 
(a) The whiff, a fish, which is semi-transparent 
when held up against the light. Day. [Local, 
Eng.] (b) The Trigla obscura, a fish of the sub- 
family Triglinte. Also called tan tern-gurnard. 
Astronomical lantern. See agronomical. Blind lan- 
tern. Sec Wtrufi. Bull's-eye lantern. See btiir**ye, t. 
Chinese lantern, a collapsible hand-lantem of paper 
crimped or arranged in folds like the sides of a bellows or 
an accordion, used by the Chinese. Japanese, etc. These 
lanterns are either globular or cylindrical in shape, and 
are generally decorated with flowers or other designs, those 
Intended for use as lanterns and not for mere ornament he- 
ing also oiled, and provided with a short handle or staff for 
convenience in carrying. The streets of Chinese and Japa- 
nese cities being nnllghted, It Is necessary for those who 
move abroad after dark to be provided with lantern*. 
Dark lantern, a hand-lantern having an opaque slide or 
cover permitting the light 
A to be wholly or almost 
wholly obscured at plea- 
sure. 
I do walk 
M rt h inks like GuldoPanx, 
with my dark lanthorn, 
Stealing to set the town 
a-flre. 
Fletcher and Shirley, 
{ Night- WalkiT, ill. 2. 
Feast of lanterns. See 
featt. Fresnel lantern, 
a lantern in which the 
lamp or light la inclosed 
In a cylindrical glass globe 
of which the section ap- 
proaches the form of the 
dioptric lens as perfected 
by Kraniel ; or a lantern 
fitted with a Fresnel lens. 
Lantern and candle- 
light, the old cry of the 
London bellman at night. 
Dost roare, bulchin? 
dost roare? th* ast a good 
rouncivall voice to cry 
LanOiarne and Candle- 
light. 
DeHtr, Satlromastlx. 
No more calling of lan- 
thorn and candle liyht. 
Heymod, Edward IV. 
[(10Z8). 
A, two of the five chief component Lantern of Aristotle, or 
parts apposetland viewed laterally. ATlStOtle'B lantern, In 
H. side view, and C. back view of one 2061., the highly developed 
piece, a. principal |>icce of alveolus: complex dentary appare- 
ls r^VsLVreirt* ^4^^^ tu or or>1 keleton and 
pass ;'r. tooth."' " sea-urchin (EMnia). See 
the extract. 
In the Echlnldea the oral skeleton attains Its highest 
development In the so-called Arittotle'i lantern ot the sea- 
Dentary Apparatus or Oral Skel- 
:ton of a Sea-urchin ( Ecktius tfhf. 
