Definition of eland

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Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk..

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Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
Icelandic :: Icelandic (a.) Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders..
Cleavelandite :: Cleavelandite (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure..
Reland :: Reland (v. i.) To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.
Angles :: Angles (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc..
Glynne :: Glynne (n.) A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.].
Lichenin :: Lichenin (n.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss..
Moreland :: Moreland (n.) Moorland.
Shillelah :: Shillelah (n.) An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks..
Erin :: Erin (n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland..
Kern :: Kern (n.) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt..
Vervet :: Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port..
Kendal :: Kendal () A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England..
Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..
Middleman :: Middleman (n.) An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry..
Beltane :: Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland..
Cob :: Cob (n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d..
Ulster :: Ulster (n.) A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland..
Irishry :: Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.
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