lant

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/lænt//lɑːnt/

noun

Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.

Similar
siglauncesand eelsand lance
OriginMiddle English *land ← Old English hland ← Proto-West Germanic *hland →
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Meanings

lant1

nounlant (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.

    Synonyms: sig

verblant (third-person singular simple present lants, present participle lanting, simple past and past participle lanted)

present singular third person lants · participle present lanting · participle past lanted · past lanted

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo flavor (ale) with aged urine.

lant2

nounlant (uncountable)
  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of lanterloo (the card game).

    Did Mr. Ellershaw speak to Mr. Marsden, when he was playing at lant with you?

    1834, Sandford Tatham, Alexander Fraser, A Verbatim Report of the Cause Doe Dem. Tatham V. Wright

lant3

nounlant (plural lants)

plural lants

  1. Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).

    Synonyms: launce, sand eel, sand lance

LANT4

proper noun
  1. abbreviationgovernmentAbbreviation of Atlantic (Atlantic Ocean).

Lant5

proper nounLant (plural Lants)

plural Lants

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.

Similar
sig

nounAny of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).

Similar
launcesand eelsand lance
Also see
urinewater

Origin

lant · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*klān-“liquid, wet ground”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hlandą“urine”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hland
  4. Old Englishhland“urine”
  5. Middle English*land“urine”
  6. Englishlant

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

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lant · noun

Compare lance.

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Lant · proper noun

  1. Middle Englishlanget
  2. EnglishLant

Perhaps from Middle English langet, a derivative of lang (“long”), denoting someone who lived by a long strip of ground.

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APA

lant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lant

MLA

“lant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lant.

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