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Meaning of LANT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Lant\, n.
    Urine. [Prov. Eng.] --Nares.
    
  2. \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo["o]l.)
    Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes
    of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A.
    tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on
    sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large
    quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}.
    
  3. \Lant\, n.
    See {Lanterloo}. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
    
 
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