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Webster 1913 Edition
Landscape
Land′scape
,Noun.
[Formerly written also
landskip
.] 1.
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
2.
A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare
seascape
. 3.
The pictorial aspect of a country.
The
landscape
of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay.
Landscape gardening
, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.
Webster 1828 Edition
Landscape
LAND'SCAPE
, n.1.
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and whatever the land contains.- Whilst the landscape round it measures, russet lawns and fallows gray, where the nibbling flocks do stray.
2.
A picture, exhibiting the form of a district of country, as far as the eye can reach, or a particular extent of land and the objects it contains, or its various scenery.3.
The view or prospect of a district of country.