[They play] their little game of lansquenet.
Longfellow.
Lant (?), n. Urine. [Prov. Eng.] Nares.
Lant, n. [Cf. Lance.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small,
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. Called also launce, and sand eel.
Lant, n. See Lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.
{ Lan*ta"ni*um (?), Lan"ta*num (?), } n. (Chem.) See Lanthanum.
Lan`ta*nu"ric (?), a. [Formed by transposition of the letters of
allantoin and -uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a
nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the
decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.
Lan"ter*loo` (?), n. An old name of loo (a).
Lan"tern (ln"trn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr.
lampth`r light, torch. See Lamp.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and
protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed
vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other
material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the
glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.
2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to
give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich
architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
(c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament,
or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at
Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion
(below).
4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and
surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and
form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also
lantern brass.