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Simoon :: Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains..

Parting :: Parting (n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.

Lance Fish :: Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance..

Tilestone :: Tilestone (n.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

Palissander :: Palissander (n.) Rosewood.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

Gagger :: Gagger (n.) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.

Scolithus :: Scolithus (n.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm..

Myriarch :: Myriarch (n.) A captain or commander of ten thousand men.

Redroot :: Redroot (n.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida..

Oxbird :: Oxbird (n.) The sanderling.

Sand :: Sand (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life..

Sciniph :: Sciniph (n.) Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like..

Flag :: Flag (n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones..

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Hawaiian :: Hawaiian (a.) Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii..

Potsdam Group :: Potsdam group () A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in American geology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York. See Chart of Geology..

Arena :: Arena (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand..

Sandpiper :: Sandpiper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae..

Cinnabarine :: Cinnabarine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand..

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