• Lant

    Origin 1

    Alteration of earlier land ("urine"), from Middle English land ("urine"), from Old English hland ("urine"), from Proto-Germanic *hlandą ("urine"), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- ("liquid, wet ground"). Cognate with Icelandic hland ("urine"), Norwegian land ("urine").

    Full definition of lant

    Noun

    lant

    (uncountable)
    1. Aged urine.

    Verb

    1. (transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.

    Origin 2

    Noun

    lant

    1. (UK, dialect, Northern England) Obsolete form of lanterloo (the card game)

    Origin 3

    Compare lance.

    Noun

    lant

    (plural lants)
    1. Any of several species of 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.

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