Sand (?), n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. .]
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.
Woodsward.
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.
Shak.
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]
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Sand (?), v. 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.]
<-- 5. To grind down or make smooth by rubbing with an abrasive object, esp. with sandpaper; to sand down -->
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