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Landfall
Pronunciation : Land"fall
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: Sighting or making land when at sea. A good landfall (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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