in a limited sense, denotes arable ground. See Agriculture.

the sea-language, makes part of several compound terms; thus land-laid, or to lay the land, is just to lose sight of it. Land-locked, is when land lies all round the ship, so that no point of the compass is open to the sea; if she is at anchor in such a place, she is said to ride land-locked, and is therefore concluded to ride safe from the violence of winds and tides. Land mark, any mountain, rock, steeple, tree, &c. that may serve to make the land known at sea. Land is shut in, a term used to signify that another point of land hinders the sight of that the ship came from. Land to, or the ship lies land to; that is, she is so far from shore that it can only be just discerned. Land turn, is a wind that in almost all hot countries blows at certain times from the shore in the night. To set the land, that is, to see by the compass how it bears.