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Land, v. P.p. landit, also landin. [ME. land (a 1400), londe (a 1300), f. Land n.¹ .]

tr. and intr. 1. To land, disembark; to bring or to come to land; to set on shore or to go ashore.In the intr. use, the perfect tense is conjugated with the verb to be.a. tr. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 461.
The skippar bad ger land thé at the Bas 1513 Doug. x. vi. h.
Eneas fra the schippis landit his ost 1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 228.
That nane of thame tak vpoun hand to land or lois ony of thair waris [etc.] 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 174.
Johne Chesoure come home … , wha landit his coffer at the Weymes 1570 Leslie 123.
Tenne thousand Almanes to be landit in Scotland 1596 Dalr. II. 312/5.
With gude luck tha landet the quene … in Brittannieb. intr. (1) 1513 Doug. x. v. 171.
Lat ws … recontyr our fays, or thai land 1531 Bell. Boece I. 43.
Thay … sine landit, with mony galyouns and lang faddis, in Albioun 1556 Crail B. Ct. 19 Oct.
That na man wyd in the se vn to the tyme that the vayr land and quhen it is landit [etc.] 1560 Rolland Seven S. 8421.
The chylde culd swym, and sa chancit to land a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlviii. 203.
Wes it not heir vhair Pharaos dochter landit? 1615 Highland P. III. 254.
He wes bussie, in gewing of ordour, that Sir James suld nocht land(2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 57.
A saill … quhar fro anonn thare landis Ane hundreth ladyes Id. liv. 3.
Now of ane blak I will indytt, That landet furth of the last schippisc. perfect t. (1) 1533 Boece xii. ii. 457 b.
Ane navin … at Kingorne was arrivit, the men war landit and invirone heryit all the cuntre 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1472.
I heir tell Divyne Correctioun Is new landit 1556 Crail B. Ct. 19 Oct.
That na man wyd in the se vn to the tyme that the vayr land and quhen it is landit [etc.] 1560 Rolland Seven S. 583.
Word … come to the Empreour That all his lordis was landit with plesour a1578 Pitsc. I. 192/5.
Tydingis … that Harie … was come out of France with ane armye and landin at the port of Millburne(2) 1570 Leslie 263.
The rest of the commissioners was also landit furth of thair uther shippes

2. To draw up (a ship) on land. c1400 Troy-bk. i. 196.
Thar harnes all to schype thai bar That thai for eese had landit thar