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Webster 1913 Edition

Sand

Sand

,
Noun.
[AS.
sand
; akin to D.
zand
, G.
sand
, OHG.
sant
, Icel.
sandr
, Dan. & Sw.
sand
, Gr. [GREEK].]
1.
Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
That finer matter, called
sand
, is no other than very small pebbles.
Woodward.
2.
A single particle of such stone.
[R.]
Shak.
3.
The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one’s life.
The
sands
are numbered that make up my life.
Shakespeare
4.
pl.
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
“The Libyan sands.”
Milton.
“The sands o' Dee.”
C. Kingsley.
5.
Courage; pluck; grit.
[Slang]
Sand badger
(Zool.)
,
the Japanese badger (
Meles ankuma
).
–
Sand bag
.
(a)
A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b)
A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins.
–
Sand ball
,
soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet.
–
Sand bath
.
(a)
(Chem.)
A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed
.
(b)
A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
–
Sand bed
,
a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace.
–
Sand birds
(Zool.)
,
a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; – called also
shore birds
.
–
Sand blast
,
a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process.
–
Sand box
.
(a)
A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand
.
(b)
A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping.
–
Sand-box tree
(Bot.)
,
a tropical American tree (
Hura crepitans
). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of
Regma
.
–
Sand bug
(Zool.)
,
an American anomuran crustacean (
Hippa talpoidea
) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under
Anomura
.
–
Sand canal
(Zool.)
,
a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function.
–
Sand cock
(Zool.)
,
the redshank.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Sand collar
.
(Zool.)
Same as
Sand saucer
, below.
–
Sand crab
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The lady crab.
(b)
A land crab, or ocypodian.
–
Sand crack
(Far.)
,
a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness.
–
Sand cricket
(Zool.)
,
any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus
Stenophelmatus
and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States.
–
Sand cusk
(Zool.)
,
any ophidioid fish. See
Illust.
under
Ophidioid
.
–
Sand dab
(Zool.)
,
a small American flounder (
Limanda ferruginea
); – called also
rusty dab
. The name is also applied locally to other allied species.
–
Sand darter
(Zool.)
,
a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley (
Ammocrypta pellucida
).
–
Sand dollar
(Zool.)
,
any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially
Echinarachnius parma
of the American coast.
–
Sand drift
,
drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand.
–
Sand eel
.
(Zool.)
(a)
A lant, or launce
.
(b)
A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus
, having barbels about the mouth.
–
Sand flag
,
sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
–
Sand flea
.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b)
The chigoe
.
(c)
Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See
Beach flea
, under
Beach
.
–
Sand flood
,
a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
James Bruce.
–
Sand fluke
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The sandnecker
.
(b)
The European smooth dab (
Pleuronectes microcephalus
); – called also
kitt
,
marysole
,
smear dab
,
town dab
.
–
Sand fly
(Zool.)
,
any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus
Simulium
, abounding on sandy shores, especially
Simulium nocivum
of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also
no-see-um
,
punky
, and
midge
.
–
Sand gall
.
(Geol.)
See
Sand pipe
, below.
–
Sand grass
(Bot.)
,
any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass (
Triplasis purpurea
) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast.
–
Sand grouse
(Zool.)
,
any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also
rock grouse
,
rock pigeon
, and
ganga
. They mostly belong to the genus
Pterocles
, as the common Indian species (
Pterocles exustus
). The large sand grouse (
Pterocles arenarius
), the painted sand grouse (
Pterocles fasciatus
), and the pintail sand grouse (
Pterocles alchata
) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes
.
–
Sand hill
,
a hill of sand; a dune.
–
Sand-hill crane
(Zool.)
,
the American brown crane (
Grus Mexicana
).
–
Sand hopper
(Zool.)
,
a beach flea; an orchestian.
–
Sand hornet
(Zool.)
,
a sand wasp.
–
Sand lark
.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small lark (
Alaudala raytal
), native of India
.
(b)
A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper
.
(c)
The Australian red-capped dotterel (
Aegialophilus ruficapillus
); – called also
red-necked plover
.
–
Sand launce
(Zool.)
,
a lant, or launce.
–
Sand lizard
(Zool.)
,
a common European lizard (
Lacerta agilis
).
–
Sand martin
(Zool.)
,
the bank swallow.
–
Sand mole
(Zool.)
,
the coast rat.
–
Sand monitor
(Zool.)
,
a large Egyptian lizard (
Monitor arenarius
) which inhabits dry localities.
–
Sand mouse
(Zool.)
,
the dunlin.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Sand myrtle
.
(Bot.)
See under
Myrtle
.
–
Sand partridge
(Zool.)
,
either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus
Ammoperdix
. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species (
Ammoperdix Heeji
) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (
Ammoperdix Bonhami
), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also
seesee partridge
, and
teehoo
.
–
Sand picture
,
a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface.
–
Sand pike
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The sauger
.
(b)
The lizard fish.
–
Sand pillar
,
a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
–
Sand pipe
(Geol.)
,
a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; – called also
sand gall
.
–
Sand pride
(Zool.)
,
a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; – called also
sand prey
.
–
Sand pump
,
in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
–
Sand rat
(Zool.)
,
the pocket gopher.
–
Sand rock
,
a rock made of cemented sand.
–
Sand runner
(Zool.)
,
the turnstone.
–
Sand saucer
(Zool.)
,
the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae, of any mollusk of the genus
Natica
and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; – called also
sand collar
.
–
Sand screw
(Zool.)
,
an amphipod crustacean (
Lepidactylis arenarius
), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America.
–
Sand shark
(Zool.)
,
an American shark (
Odontaspis littoralis
) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; – called also
gray shark
, and
dogfish shark
. See Illust. under
Remora
.
–
Sand skink
(Zool.)
,
any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus
Seps
;
as, the ocellated
sand skink
(
Seps ocellatus
) of Southern Europe
.
–
Sand skipper
(Zool.)
,
a beach flea, or orchestian.
–
Sand smelt
(Zool.)
,
a silverside.
–
Sand snake
.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus
Eryx
, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially
Eryx jaculus
of India and
Eryx Johnii
, used by snake charmers.
(b)
Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis
, especially
Psammophis sibilans
.
–
Sand snipe
(Zool.)
,
the sandpiper.
–
Sand star
(Zool.)
,
an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
–
Sand storm
,
a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
–
Sand sucker
,
the sandnecker.
–
Sand swallow
(Zool.)
,
the bank swallow. See under
Bank
.
–
Sand trap
,
(Golf)
a shallow pit on a golf course having a layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of hitting balls effectively from such a position.
–
Sand tube
,
a tube made of sand.
Especially:
(a)
A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite
.
(b)
(Zool.)
Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c)
(Zool.)
In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate.
–
Sand viper
.
(Zool.)
See
Hognose snake
.
–
Sand wasp
(Zool.)
,
any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae
and
Spheridae
, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.

Sand

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sanded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sanding
.]
1.
To sprinkle or cover with sand.
2.
To drive upon the sand.
[Obs.]
Burton.
3.
To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
4.
To mix with sand for purposes of fraud;
as, to
sand
sugar
.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Sand

SAND

, n.
1.
Any mass or collection of fine particles of stone, particularly of fine particles of silicious stone, but not strictly reduced to powder or dust.
That finer matter called sand, is no other than very small pebbles.
2.
Sands, in the plural, tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; as the Lybian sands.

SAND

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To sprinkle with sand. It is customary among the common people in America, to sand their floors with white sand.
2.
To drive upon the sand.

Definition 2024

Sand

Sand

See also: sand and sänd

German

Noun

Sand m ‎(genitive Sands or Sandes, plural Sande or Sände)

  1. sand (particles of rock)

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɑnt/
    Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Sand m ‎(uncountable)

  1. sand

Derived terms

  • sandeg
  • Sandauer
  • Sandbuerg
  • Sandkëscht
  • Sandpabeier

sand

sand

See also: Sand and sänd

English

Footprints in sand

Noun

sand ‎(usually uncountable, plural sands)

  1. (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
  2. (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
    The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.‎
    • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
      It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!
  3. (uncountable, dated, circa 1920) Personal courage.
    • 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit
      He said, “I admire your sand but I believe you will find I am not liable for such claims. Let me say too that your valuation of the horse is high by about two hundred dollars.”
    • 1979, L'Amour, Louis, Bendigo Shafter, ISBN 9780553123548, OL 24369989M:
      There was youngsters all around him, and he stood there lookin’ at me and never turned a hair. He had sand, that Morrell.
  4. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  5. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
    sand colour:    
  6. (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  7. (figuratively) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
Derived terms
See also
Translations

Adjective

sand ‎(comparative more sand, superlative most sand)

  1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
Translations

Verb

sand ‎(third-person singular simple present sands, present participle sanding, simple past and past participle sanded)

  1. (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
  2. (transitive) To cover with sand.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, page 141,
      Sudden stopping, which could be effected easily by sanding the rails and reversing the driving-gear, was dangerous, because the train might telescope and overwhelm the engine.
    • 1958, Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, New York: Pantheon, Chapter 4, page 96,
      The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.
  3. (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
      The officer wrote until he had finished, read over to himself what he had written, sanded it, and handed it to Defarge, with the words "In secret."
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of sand(piper).

Noun

sand ‎(plural sands)

  1. (colloquial) A sandpiper.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /san/, [sanˀ]

Rhymes: -anˀ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts ‎(“being, existing”), the present participle of *h₁es- ‎(“to be”).

Adjective

sand

  1. true
Inflection
Inflection of sand
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular sand — —2
Neuter singular sandt — —2
Plural sande — —2
Definite attributive1 sande — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Noun

sand n (singular definite sandet, not used in plural form)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)
Declension
See also

Faroese

Noun

sand

  1. accusative of sandur

Icelandic

Noun

sand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of sandur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑn/
  • Homophone: sann
  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

sand m ‎(definite singular sanden)

  1. sand

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sandr

Noun

sand m ‎(definite singular sanden)

  1. sand

Derived terms

Old English

Etymology 1

See the verb sendan

Noun

sand f

  1. action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
  2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos. Compare Old Frisian sand, Old Saxon sand, Old High German sant, Old Norse sandr.

Noun

sand n

  1. sand, gravel
  2. sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore, sandy shore, beach
Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse sandr.

Noun

sand n

  1. beach

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Pronunciation

Noun

sand c

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

Declension

Related terms

  • sanda
  • sandbacke
  • sandbakelse
  • sandbank
  • sandblandad
  • sandblästra
  • sandblästring
  • sandbotten
  • sandbunker
  • sanddyn
  • sandfilter
  • sandflykt
  • sandfält
  • sandfärgad
  • sandgrop
  • sandgul
  • sandgång
  • sandhed
  • sandhink
  • sandhög
  • sandig
  • sandjord
  • sandkaka
  • sandkorn
  • sandkrypare
  • sandlilja
  • sandloppa
  • sandlåda
  • sandlådenivå
  • sandmask
  • sandmo
  • sandmylla
  • sandning
  • sandpapper
  • sandpappra
  • sandpappring
  • sandtag
  • sandtäckt
  • sandtäkt
  • sandvall
  • Sandviken
  • sandvita
  • sandås
  • sandödla
  • sandöken
  • ökensand

References

Etymology

From Low German or Central German dialects. Displaced the form of the southern dialects, which descended from Old High German sant, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos. Compare Low German Sand, Dutch zand, English sand, Danish sand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Homophone: sannt

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