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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Sandyx :: Sandyx (n.) See Sandix.
Sanding :: Sanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of San.
Sanny :: Sanny (n.) The sandpiper.
Flask :: Flask (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..
Sand :: Sand (n.) A single particle of such stone.
Alexanders :: Alexanders (n.) Alt. of Alisander.
Tip-up :: Tip-up (n.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.
Santal :: Santal (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood..
Towilly :: Towilly (n.) The sanderling; -- so called from its cry.
Piperaceous :: Piperaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities..
Sandal :: Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper..
Serbonian :: Serbonian (a.) Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..
Teeter-tail :: Teeter-tail (n.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper.
Clastic :: Clastic (a.) Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock..
Millenary :: Millenary (n.) The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian..
Foralite :: Foralite (n.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata..
Cephalaspis :: Cephalaspis (n.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points..
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