▪ I. lant, n.1 Now rare.
(lænt)
Forms: 1 hland, hlǫnd, 7–8 land, 7– lant.
[OE. hland, hlǫnd = ON. hland. (The form lant seems to belong to n.w. dialects; cf. Lancashire bant for band.)]
Urine, esp. stale urine used for various industrial purposes, chamber-lye.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 362 Wearras & weartan on weᵹ to donne nim wulle & wæt mid biccean hlonde. Ibid. II. 40 Wið earena deafe ᵹenim hryþeres ᵹeallan wiþ gæten hland ᵹemenᵹed. 1611 Cotgr., Vrine, vrine, lant, stale, chamber-lye. 1634–5 Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 106 The linen do so strongly taste and smell of lant and other noisome savours, as that [etc.]. 1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable ii. Wks. 1874 I. 191 Your nose by its complexion does betray Your frequent drinking country Ale with lant in't. 1787 Grose Prov. Gloss., Land, or Lant, urine. 1859 Autobiog. Beggar boy 105 Twice a-week I had to collect stale lant (urine), from a number of places where it was preserved for me. |
| attrib. 1870 tr. Erckmann-Chatrian's Blockade Phalsburg 139 A lane..full of dungheaps and lant-holes. |
▪ II. lant, n.2
(lænt)
A fish = launce.
| 1620 J. Mason Newfound-land (1887) 151 May hath cods and lants in good quantity. 1880–4 Day Brit. Fishes I. 332 Ammodytes tobianus..Lesser launce..lant, Cornwall. |
▪ III. lant, n.3 dial.
Short for lanterloo.
| 1706 Acc. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 422 Lost at lant with L. Col. his lady &c. {pstlg}0 10. 2. 1899 Prevost Cumberld. Gloss., Lant, Lanter, the game of Loo. A distinction is made between Lant, and Lanter, five cards being required for the latter. The proper designation may be three-card and five-card loo. |
▪ IV. † lant, v. Obs.
Also 7–8 leint.
[f. lant n.1]
trans. To mingle with ‘lant’.
| 1630 Tinker of Turvey Ded. Ep. 5, I have drunke double⁓lanted Ale, and single-lanted, but never gulped downe such Hypocrenian liquor in all my life. 1662 M. W. Marriage Broker v. i. 73 My Hostess takings will be very small, Although her lanted ale be nere so strong. 1674 J. Wright Mock-Thyestes 134 Dead drunk with double lanted Ale. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words 42 To Leint Ale, to put Urine into it to make it strong. 1787 in Grose Prov. Gloss. s.v. Land. |
| transf. 1656 [S. Holland] Wit & Fancy in a Maze i. vi. 58 They found their eares unguented with warm water, well lanted with a viscuous Ingredient. |
▪ V. lant
obs. pa. tense of lend.