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N. & v.
A loose granular substance resulting from thewearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found on the seashore,river-beds, deserts, etc.
A crack in brick due toimperfect mixing. sand dollar US any of various round flat seaurchins, esp. of the order Clypeasteroida. sand-dune (or -hill)a mound or ridge of sand formed by the wind. sand eel anyeel-like fish of the family Ammodytidae or Hypotychidae: alsocalled LAUNCE. sand-flea a chigoe or sand-hopper. sand-glass =HOURGLASS. sand-groper Austral.
Joc.a Western Australian. sand-hill a dune. sand-hopper any ofvarious small jumping crustaceans of the order Amphipoda,burrowing on the seashore. sand-martin a swallow-like bird,Riparia riparia, nesting in the side of a sandy bank etc. thesands are running out the allotted time is nearly at an end.sand-shoe a shoe with a canvas, rubber, hemp, etc., sole for useon sand. sand-skipper = sand-hopper. sand-yacht a boat onwheels propelled along a beach by wind.
Sander n. sandlikeadj. [OE sand f. Gmc]
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