different between aland vs gland

English

Etymology

From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- +? land.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??land/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Adverb

aland (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) On dry land, as opposed to in the water. [13th-19th c.]
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, V:

     I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.

2. (now rare, poetic) To the land; ashore. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:

     Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]

References

• aland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala

Northern Kurdish

Verb

aland

1. first/second/third-person singular/plural preterite of alandin

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• ?lond
• eiland / eilond
• ?land / ?lond

Noun

?land n

1. island

Inflection

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?lænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Latin gl?ns (“acorn”).

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:gland

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• organ

Etymology 2

19th century. Etymology unknown.

Noun

gland (plural glands)

2. (mechanical) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
   1. A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
   2. A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French glant, from Latin gl?ndem, accusative singular of gl?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elh?- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??/

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn
2. (anatomy) glans
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l'air d'un satyre, son vit est tortu; la tête ou le gland en est énorme: il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.

3. tassel
4. (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end

Derived terms

• glander

Related terms

• glande

Further reading

• “gland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• glant

Etymology

From Latin gl?ndem, accusative of gl?ns.

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghind?.

Noun

gland n (plural glanduri)

1. (anatomy) glans penis

Declension