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Webster 1913 Edition
Landfall
Land′fall
,Noun.
1.
A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
2.
(Naut.)
Sighting or making land when at sea.
A good landfall
(Naut.)
, the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator’s reckoning and expectation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Landfall
LAND'FALL
,Noun.
1.
A sudden translation of property in land by the death of a rich man.2.
In seamen's language, the first land discovered after a voyage.