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Webster 1913 Edition
Landing
Land′ing
,Adj.
Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
Landing charges
, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel.
– Landing net
, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked.
– Landing stage
, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.
– Landing waiter
, a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.
Land′ing
,Noun.
1.
A going or bringing on shore.
2.
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
3.
(Arch.)
The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
Landing place
. me as , 2 and 3.
Landing
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Landing
LAND'ING
,ppr.