Definition of sand

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

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Shoal :: Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
Kilowatt :: Kilowatt (n.) One thousand watts.
Mould :: Mould (n.) The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold..
Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand..
Zandmole :: Zandmole (n.) The sand mole.
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum..
Say :: Say (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles..
Foraminifera :: Foraminifera (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda..
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc..
Sandwort :: Sandwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.).
Platiniferous :: Platiniferous (a.) Yielding platinum; as, platiniferous sand..
Milligramme :: Milligramme (n.) A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois..
Pan :: Pan (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan..
Lark-colored :: Lark-colored (a.) Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.
Fulgurite :: Fulgurite (n.) A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge..
Sea Snipe :: Sea snipe () A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin..
Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium..
Aggeration :: Aggeration (n.) A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand..
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..
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