Obs. Also 7–8 leint. [f. LANT sb.1] trans. To mingle with ‘lant.’
1630. Tinker of Turvey, Ded. Ep. 5. I have drunke double-lanted Ale, and single-lanted, but never gulped downe such Hypocrenian liquor in all my life.
1662. M. W., Marriage Broker, V. i. 73. My Hostess takings will be very small, Although her lanted ale be nere so strong.
1674. J. Wright, Mock-Thyestes, 134. Dead drunk with double lanted Ale.
1674–91. Ray, N. C. Words, 42. To Leint Ale, to put Urine into it to make it strong.
1787. in Grose, Prov. Gloss., s.v. Land.
transf. 1656. [S. Holland], Wit & Fancy in a Maze, I. vi. 58. They found their eares unguented with warm water, well lanted with a viscuous Ingredient.
