Land-service, a word used improperly by the clown in Wint. and by Falstaff: “and then for the l.” Wint. III, 3, 96 (the mischief happening on land). “my learned counsel in the laws of this l.” H4B I, 2, 154 (the annoyances attending a law-suit of this kind).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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