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Aland vs Gland - What's the difference?

aland | gland |

As a proper noun aland

is .

As a noun gland is

(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) or gland can be (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 examples:.

aland

English

Adverb

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  • (obsolete) On dry land, as opposed to in the water.
  • *1609 , (William Shakespeare), Pericles , V:
  • *:I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea [...] Why, as Men doe a-land .
  • *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 [...].

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    gland

    English

    (wikipedia gland)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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).
  • (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
    • Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * adrenal gland * endocrine gland * exocrine gland * glanders * glandular * glandule * glandulous * mammary gland * pituitary gland * sweat gland * thyroid gland

    See also

    * organ

    Etymology 2

    19th century. Etymology unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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. Examples:
    • a. used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
    b. used around a tap, valve or faucet.