Land·scape n. [Formerly written also landskip.]
 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
 2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.  Compare seascape.
 3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
    The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart.   --Macaulay.
 Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

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 Land·skip n.  A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]
 Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures,
 Whilst the landskip round it measures.   --Milton.

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