n. [ D. bijlander; bij by + land land, country. ] (Naut.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep
Along the coast, and land in view to keep? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bilander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin. ] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent.

-- Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Privacy or secrecy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colans, -antis, p. pr. of colare to filter, to strain, fr. colum a strainer. Cf. Cullis, Culvert. ] A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Slander. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander. ] To slander. [ Obs. ] Legend of Dido. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slanderous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Filanders.

n. (Zool.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread. ] (Falconry) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Finland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu&unr_;att. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gland. ] (Far.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native of Greenland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant of an island. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having an estate in land. [ 1913 Webster ]

The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lands, or makes a landing. “The lander in a lonely isle.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Geol.) A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. malandres, fr. L. malandria blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses. ] (Far.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders. [ Written also mallenders. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A northener; a person from the north country. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A foreigner. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Gr. fi`landros fond of men; fi`los loving + 'anh`r man. ] To make love to women; to play the male flirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

You can't go philandering after her again. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lover. [ R. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A South American opossum (Didelphys philander). (b) An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [ R. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. (Far.) See Sallenders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal. ] 1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call “reviling;” the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call “slander”, or “Backbiting.” Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ We ] make the careful magistrate
The mark of slander. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Slandered p. pr. & vb. n. Slandering. ] 1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, do not slander him, for he is kind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tax not so bad a voice
To slander music any more than once. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. “Slanderous tongue.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Sallenders. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. Cf. Outlander. ] A foreigner; an outlander. [ South Africa ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The upland sandpiper. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dweller in a woodland. [ 1913 Webster ]