verb. (pugilistic).—1. To deliver; to GET HOME (q.v.).
1888. Sporting Life, 1 Dec. The big ’un LANDED his left straight on his opponent’s dial.
1888. J. RUNCIMAN, The Chequers, p. 93. Their object is to LAND one, cunning blow.
1891. Gentlemen’s Magazine, Aug., p. 110. That’s right, Captain Kitty! LAND him one in the eye.
1892. MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, 31. The Toff ketched the blade of Tom’s scull, dragged ’im close, and jest LANDED ’im one!
2. (colloquial).—To bring or take to a position or place; to set down; to catch; to arrive.
1850. J. MCCOSH, The Method of Divine Government, Physical and Moral, 12th ed. (1882), Appendix, p. 522. These rules … may LAND us in mistakes.
1862. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), Tales of College Life, p. 18. That’s the ticket! that will just LAND me in time for Gates.
1871. Daily Telegraph, 26 Dec. I’ve LANDED him.
1872. Judy, 29 May, p. 59, col. 2. He’s bound to be on the grand stand before the Derby’s run, and that’s where we’ll LAND him.
1892. MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, p. 32. The wrinkles and tips I’ve LANDED a-bussing it to and from town.
1892. Pall Mall Gazette, 17 Oct., p. 2, col. 1. The song ‘If I was only long enough’ LANDED me with one bound at the top of the tree.
1894. Tit-Bits, 7 April, p. 8, col. 1. Mr. Jenkins had been three years in Tooting when he was finally LANDED by a bold and persistent widow.
3. (colloquial).—To set up; to make all right; to secure.
1876. C. HINDLEY, ed. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, 33. I bought a big covered cart and a good strong horse. AND I WAS LANDED!
1879. Macmillan’s Magazine, xl. 502. I was LANDED this time without them getting me up a lead.
4. (sporting).—To win; to gain.
1853. WHYTE-MELVILLE, Digby Grand, vi. St. Agatha clears the two with a tremendous rush, and, after one of the finest races on record, is LANDED a winner by a neck.
1854. WHYTE-MELVILLE, General Bounce, xx. ‘I LANDED a hundred gold mohurs by backing his new lot for the Governor-General’s Cup.’
1865. Daily Telegraph, 20 June. M. Van Grootvens finished the day’s sport by winning a steeplechase with Vixen—this being the second stake, together £1,000 I hear, which he has LANDED with the mare since he purchased her of Mr. Roe.
1883. Daily Telegraph, 29 Sept. I’d make a similar wager and be more sure of LANDING the stake.
1891. Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette, 20 March. Had the French filly LANDED, what a shout would have arisen from the ring!
TO LAND OUT, verb. phr. (American).—To decamp.
1882. J. D. MCCABE, New York by Sunlight and Gaslight, XXIII. 393. When he was tired of me he LANDED OUT, an’ I’ve never seen him since.
TO SEE HOW THE LAND LIES, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To see how matters stand. See quot. 1696.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LANDLORD. HOW LIES THE LAND? How stands the reckoning?
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
WHO HAS ANY LAND IN APPLEBY, phr. (old).—See quot.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LANDLORD, WHO HAS ANY LANDS IN APPLEBY? a Question askt the Man at whose Door the Glass stands long. [Also GROSE (1785).]
