Lant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lant \Lant\, n.
     See {Lanterloo}. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
     [1913 Webster] Lantanium

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lant \Lant\, n.
     Urine. [Prov. Eng.] --Nares.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes
     of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species
     ({Ammedytes tobianus}) and the American species ({Ammedytes
     Americanus}) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and
     are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also
     {launce}, and {sand eel}.
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