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Webster 1913 Edition


Landmark

Land′markˊ

,
Noun.
[AS.
landmearc
. See
Land
, and
Mark
a sign.]
1.
A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
2.
Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
Landmarks of history
,
important events by which eras or conditions are determined.

Webster 1828 Edition


Landmark

LAND'MARK

,
Noun.
[land and mark.]
1.
A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object; as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones, by which the limits of a farm, a town or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. 19.
2.
In navigation, any elevated object on land that serves as a guide to seamen.