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 ]

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 ]

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

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

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

n. A native or inhabitant of Finland. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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