Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 9
Sammier (n.) A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning. -- Knight.
Samoan (a.) Of or pertaining to
the
Samoan (n.) An inhabitant of the
Samoan (a.) Of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture; "Samoan fishing industry."
Samoan (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
Samovar (n.) A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
Samovar (n.) A metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea.
Samoyedes (n. pl.; sing. Samoyede.) (Ethnol.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.
Samp (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy. [U. S.]
Sampan (n.) (Naut.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters. [Written also sanpan.]
Sampan (n.) An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars.
Samphire (n.) (Bot.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant ({Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! -- Shak.
Samphire (n.) (Bot.) The species of glasswort ({Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.
Samphire (n.) (Bot.) A seashore shrub ({Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Golden samphire. See under Golden.
Samphire (n.) Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass [syn: glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea].
Sample (n.) Example; pattern. [Obs.] -- Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." -- Shak.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. -- Fairfax.
Sample (n.) A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. -- Woodward.
Syn: Specimen; example. See Specimen.
Sample (v. t.) To make or show something similar to; to match. -- Bp. Hall.
Sample (v. t.) To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
Sample (n.) A small part of something intended as representative of the whole.
Sample (n.) Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population [syn: sample distribution, sample, sampling].
Sample (n.) All or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class.
Sample (v.) Take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" [syn: sample, try, try out, taste].
Sampler (n.) One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.
Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. -- E. E. Hale. Samshoo
Sampler (n.) An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something [syn: sampling station, sampler].
Sampler (n.) Someone who samples food or drink for its quality [syn: taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler].
Sampler (n.) An assortment of various samples; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets."
Sampler (n.) A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches.
Samshoo (n.) Alt. of Samshu.
Samshu (n.) A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. -- S. W. Williams.
Samson (n.) An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Samson post. (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on the keelson, and supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pillar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. -- Brande & C.
Samson post. (b) In deep-well boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus.
Samson (n.) (Old Testament) A judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.
Samson (n.) A large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" [syn: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson].
Samson, () Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a "Nazarite unto God" from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5; comp. Num. 6:1-21). The first recorded event of his life was his marriage with a Philistine woman of Timnath (Judg. 14:1-5). Such a marriage was not forbidden by the law of Moses, as the Philistines did not form one of the seven doomed Canaanite nations (Ex. 34:11-16; Deut. 7:1-4). It was, however, an ill-assorted and unblessed marriage. His wife was soon taken from him and given "to his companion" (Judg. 14:20). For this Samson took revenge by burning the "standing corn of the Philistines" (15:1-8), who, in their turn, in revenge "burnt her and her father with fire." Her death he terribly avenged (15:7-19). During the twenty years following this he judged Israel; but we have no record of his life. Probably these twenty years may have been simultaneous with the last twenty years of Eli's life. After this we have an account of his exploits at Gaza (16:1-3), and of his infatuation for Delilah, and her treachery (16:4-20), and then of his melancholy death (16:21-31). He perished in the last terrible destruction he brought upon his enemies. "So the dead which he slew at his death were more [in social and political importance=the elite of the people] than they which he slew in his life."
"Straining all his nerves, he bowed:
As with the force of winds and waters pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower." Milton's Samson Agonistes.
Samson, His sun; his service; there the second time.
Samson, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 2071
Housing Units (2000): 1016
Land area (2000): 3.620157 sq. miles (9.376162 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005709 sq. miles (0.014787 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.625866 sq. miles (9.390949 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67800
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.112574 N, 86.047865 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36477
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Samson, AL
Samson
Sanability (n.) The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.
Sanable (a.) Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.
Syn: Remediable; curable; healable.
Sanableness (n.) The quality of being sanable.
Sanation (n.) The act of healing or curing. [Obs.] -- Wiseman.
Sanative (a.) Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory. -- San"a*tive*ness, n.
Sanative (a.) Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic].
Sanatorium (n.) 療養院 An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.
Sanatorium (n.) A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases [syn: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium].
Sanatorium (n.) Pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit].
Sanatory (a.) Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. -- De Quincey.
Note: Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded.
Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.
Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.
Sanbenito (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe. Sance-bell
Sance-bell (n.) Alt. of Sancte bell.
Sancte bell (n.) See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sanctus (n.) (Eccl.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.
Sanctus (n.) (Mus.) An anthem composed for these words.
Sanctus bell, A small bell usually suspended in a bell cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in mediaeval churches, but a hand bell is now often used; -- so called because rung at the singing of the sanctus, at the conclusion of the ordinary of the Mass, and again at the elevation of the host. Called also Mass bell, sacring bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, sancte bell.
Sanctificate (v. t.) To sanctify. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Sanctification (n.) The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy; esp.
Sanctification (n.) (Theol.) The act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. -- 2 Thess. ii. 13.
Sanctification (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. -- Bp. Burnet.
Sanctification (n.) A religious ceremony in which something is made holy.
Sanctification, () Involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Rom. 6:13; 2 Cor. 4:6; Col. 3:10; 1 John 4:7; 1 Cor. 6:19). It is the special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this work (1 Cor. 6:11; 2 Thess. 2:13). Faith is instrumental in securing sanctification, inasmuch as it (1) secures union to Christ (Gal. 2:20), and (2) brings the believer into living contact with the truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience "to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come."
Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life (1 Kings 8:46; Prov. 20:9; Eccl. 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8). See Paul's account of himself in Rom. 7:14-25; Phil. 3:12-14; and 1 Tim. 1:15; also the confessions of David (Ps. 19:12, 13; 51), of Moses (90:8), of Job (42:5, 6), and of Daniel (9:3-20). "The more holy a man is, the more humble, self-renouncing, self-abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ. The moral imperfections which cling to him he feels to be sins, which he laments and strives to overcome. Believers find that their life is a constant warfare, and they need to take the kingdom of heaven by storm, and watch while they pray. They are always subject to the constant chastisement of their Father's loving hand, which can only be designed to correct their imperfections and to confirm their graces. And it has been notoriously the fact that the best Christians have been those who have been the least prone to claim the attainment of perfection for themselves.", Hodge's Outlines.
Sanctified (a.) Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.
Sanctified (a.) Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: consecrated, sacred, sanctified].
Sanctifier (n.) One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.
Sanctified (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctify.
Sanctifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanctify.
Sanctify (v. t.) 使神聖，奉獻給神，使成為神聖之物 To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. -- Gen. ii. 3.
Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments. -- Lev. viii. 30.
Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Sanctify them through thy truth. -- John xvii. 17.
Sanctify (v. t.) To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. -- Eikon Basilike.
Sanctify (v. t.) To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. -- Dryden.
Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. -- Pope.
Sanctify (v.) Render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow].
Sanctify (v.) Make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: purify, purge, sanctify].
Sanctified (a.) Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: consecrated, sacred, sanctified].
Sanctify (v.) Render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {consecrate}, {bless}, {hallow}, {sanctify}] [ant: {deconsecrate}, {desecrate}, {unhallow}].
Sanctify (v.) Make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: {purify}, {purge}, {sanctify}].
Sanctify (v.) [ T ] (Formal) (使神聖化，使聖潔化) To make an event or place holy.
Sanctify (v.) [ T ] 使合法化；批准；認可 To make something socially or officially acceptable.
// A practice sanctified by many years of tradition.
Sanctifyingly (adv.) In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.
Sanctiloquent (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.
Sanctimonial (a.) Sanctimonious. [Obs.]
Sanctimonious (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. -- Shak.
Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. "Like the sanctimonious pirate." -- Shak. -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Sanctimonious (a.) Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous].
Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished. -- Shak.
Sanctimony (n.) The quality of being hypocritically devout [syn: sanctimoniousness, sanctimony].
Sanction (n.) 認可；批准 [U]；贊許；支持；鼓勵 [U] [S1] [（+for）]；國際制裁 [P] [（+against）] Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
The strictest professors of reason have added the sanction of their testimony. -- I. Watts.
Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
Syn: Ratification; authorization; authority; countenance; support.
Sanction (n.) (Order) [ C usually plural ] 制裁 An official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law.
// Many nations have imposed sanctions on the country because of its attacks on its own people.
// Trade/ economic sanctions will only be lifted (= stopped) when the aggressor nation withdraws its troops.
Sanction (n.) (C2) [ C ] （爲維護法律或規定而採取的）強硬措施；（對違反法律或規定者進行的）懲罰，處罰 A strong action taken in order to make people obey a law or rule, or a punishment given when they do not obey.
// Without realistic sanctions, some teachers have difficulty keeping order in the classroom.
Sanction (n.) (Approval) [ U ] （尤指正式或法律認可的）批准，許可 Approval or permission, especially formal or legal.
// They tried to get official sanction for the plans.
Sanction (v.) [ T ] 批准，認可，准許 To formally give permission for something.
// The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis.
Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.) of Sanction.
Sanctioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanction.
Sanction (v. t.) 認可；批准；贊許；支持；鼓勵；對……實施制裁 To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments. -- De Quincey.
Syn: To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.
Sanction (n.) Formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: {sanction}, {countenance}, {endorsement}, {indorsement}, {warrant}, {imprimatur}].
Sanction (n.) A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards.
Sanction (n.) Official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" [syn: {authority}, {authorization}, {authorisation}, {sanction}].
Sanction (n.) The act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church."
Sanction (v.) Give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: {approve}, {O.K.}, {okay}, {sanction}] [ant: {disapprove}, {reject}].
Sanction (v.) Give authority or permission to.
Sanction (v.) Give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage."
Sanction () That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for its violation, or bestows a reward for its observance. Sanctions are of two kinds, those which redress civil injuries, called civil sanctions; and those which punish crimes, called penal sanctions. 1 Hoffm. Leg. Outl. 279; Just. Ins. lib. 2, t. 1, Sec. 10; Ruthf. Inst. b. 2, c. 6, s. 6; Toull. tit. prel. 86; Ferguss. Inst. of Mor. Phil. p. 4, c. 3, s. 13, and p. 6, c. 1, et seq; 1 Bl. Com. 56.
Sanctionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction.
Sanctitude (n.) Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. [R.] -- Milton.
Sanctitude (n.) The quality of being holy [syn: holiness, sanctity, sanctitude] [ant: unholiness].
Sanctities (n. pl. ) of Sanctity.
Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. -- Macaulay.
Sanctity (n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.
Sanctity (n.) A saint or holy being. [R.]
About him all the sanctities of heaven. -- Milton.
Syn: Holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity; religiousness; sacredness; solemnity. See the Note under Religion.
Sanctity (n.) The quality of being holy [syn: holiness, sanctity, sanctitude] [ant: unholiness].
Sanctuarize (v. t.) To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Sanctuaries (n. pl. ) of Sanctuary.
Sanctuary (n.) 聖所，耶路撒冷的神殿，避難所 A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. Hence, specifically:
Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.
Sanctuary (n.) (Arch.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.
Sanctuary (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
These laws, whoever made them, bestowed on temples the privilege of sanctuary. -- Milton.
The admirable works of painting were made fuel for the fire; but some relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the common destiny. -- Dryden.
Sanctuary (n.) A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept.
Sanctuary (n.) A shelter from danger or hardship [syn: {refuge}, {sanctuary}, {asylum}].
Sanctuary (n.) Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing [syn: {chancel}, {sanctuary}, {bema}].
Sanctuary, () denotes, (1) the Holy Land (Ex. 15:17; comp. Ps. 114:2); (2) the temple (1 Chr. 22:19; 2 Chr. 29:21); (3) the tabernacle (Ex. 25:8; Lev. 12:4; 21:12); (4) the holy place, the place of the Presence (Gr. hieron, the temple-house; not the _naos_, which is the temple area, with its courts and porches), Lev. 4:6; Eph. 2:21, R.V., marg.; (5) God's holy habitation in heaven (Ps. 102:19). In the final state there is properly "no sanctuary" (Rev. 21:22), for God and the Lamb "are the sanctuary" (R.V., "temple"). All is there hallowed by the Divine Presence; all is sancturary.
Sanctuary. () A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed.
Sanctuary. () Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civil. The former were very common in Europe; religious houses affording protection from arrest to all persons, whether accused of crime, or pursued for debt. This kind was never known in the United States.
Sanctuary. () Civil sanctuary, or that protection which is afforded to a man by his own house, was always respected in this country. The house protects the owner from the service of all civil process in the first instance but not if he is once lawfully arrested and takes refuge in his own house. Vide Door; House.
Sanctuary. () No place affords protection from arrest in criminal cases; a man may, therefore, be arrested in his own house in such cases, and the doors may be broken for the purpose of making the arrest. Vide Arrest in criminal cases.
Sanctuary, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 256
Housing Units (2000): 111
Land area (2000): 0.263664 sq. miles (0.682887 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.263664 sq. miles (0.682887 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65066
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.908822 N, 97.584209 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sanctuary, TX
Sanctuary
Sanctuary (n.) [ C usually singular, U ] 庇護，保護；避難所，庇護所 Protection or a safe place, especially for someone or something being chased or hunted.
// Illegal immigrants found/ sought/ took sanctuary in a local church.
// The chapel became a sanctuary for the refugees.
// (Figurative) If I want some peace and quiet, I take sanctuary in my study.
Sanctuary (n.) [ C ] 禁獵區，鳥獸保護區 A place where birds or animals can live and be protected, especially from being hunted or dangerous conditions.
// A wildlife/ bird sanctuary.
Sanctuary (n.) [ C ] 聖殿，聖堂 The most holy part of a religious building.
Sanctum (n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
Sanctum sanctorum [L.], The Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple.
Sanctum (n.) A place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go" [syn: sanctum, sanctum sanctorum].
Sanctum (n.) A sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: holy place, sanctum, holy].
Sanctus (n.) (Eccl.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.
Sanctus (n.) (Mus.) An anthem composed for these words.
Sanctus bell, A small bell usually suspended in a bell cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in mediaeval churches, but a hand bell is now often used; -- so called because rung at the singing of the sanctus, at the conclusion of the ordinary of the Mass, and again at the elevation of the host. Called also Mass bell, sacring bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, sancta bell.
Sand (n.) 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. -- Woodward.
Sand (n.) A single particle of such stone. [R.] -- Shak.
Sand (n.) 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.
Sand (n.) 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.
Sand (n.) Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
Sand badger (Zool.), The Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma"> Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma).
Sand bag. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
Sand bag. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins.
Sand ball, Soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet.
Sand bath. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
Sand bath. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, A thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), A collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, A process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process.
Sand box. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand.
Sand box. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), A tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), An American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), A tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function.
Sand cock (Zool.), The redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.) (a) The lady crab.
Sand crab. (Zool.) (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), A crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), Any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), Any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), A small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), A small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), Any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, Drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.) (a) A lant, or launce.
Sand eel. (Zool.) (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, Sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
Sand flea. (Zool.) (b) The chigoe.
Sand flea. (Zool.) (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, A vast body of sand borne along by the wind. -- James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.) (a) The sandnecker.
Sand fluke. (Zool.) (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), Any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), Any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), Any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species ({Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles arenarius), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles fasciatus), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles alchata) are also found in India. See Illust. under Pterocletes.
Sand hill, A hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), The American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana).
Sand hopper (Zool.), A beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), A sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal), native of India.
Sand lark. (Zool.) (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
Sand lark. (Zool.) (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), A lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), A common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis).
Sand martin (Zool.), The bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), The coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), A large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), The dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), Either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, A picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.) (a) The sauger.
Sand pike. (Zool.) (b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, A sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), A tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), A small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also sand prey.
Sand pump, In artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), The pocket gopher.
Sand rock, A rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), The turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), The mass of egg capsules, or oothecae, of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), An amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), An American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), Any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), A beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), A silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
Sand snake. (Zool.) (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), The sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), An ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, A cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, The sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), The bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) A shallow pit on a golf course having a layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, () A tube made of sand. Especially:
Sand tube, (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite.
Sand tube, (b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
Sand tube, (c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.
Sanded (imp. & p. p.) of Sand.
Sanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sand.
Sand (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand.
Sand (v. t.) To drive upon the sand. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Sand (v. t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar. [Colloq.]
Sand (n.) A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
Sand (n.) French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876) [syn: Sand, George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant].
Sand (n.) Fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption].
Sand (v.) Rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface" [syn: sandpaper, sand].
Sandal (n.) Same as Sendal.
Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. -- Longfellow.
Sandal (n.) Sandalwood. "Fans of sandal." -- Tennyson.
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.
Sandal (n.) A kind of slipper.
Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
Sandal (n.) A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
Sandaled (a.) Wearing sandals.
The measured footfalls of his sandaled feet. -- Longfellow.
Sandaled (a.) Made like a sandal.
Sandaled (a.) Shod with sandals [syn: sandaled, sandalled].
Sandaliform (a.) (Bot.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper.
Sandalwood (n.) (Bot.) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree ({Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
Sandalwood (n.) (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
Sandalwood (n.) (Bot.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather ({Rhamnus Dahuricus).
False sandalwood, The fragrant wood of several trees not of the genus Santalum, as Ximenia Americana, Myoporum tenuifolium of Tahiti.
Red sandalwood, A heavy, dark red dyewood, being the heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus santalinus, and Adenanthera pavonina); -- called also red sanderswood, sanders or saunders, and rubywood. Sandarach
Sandalwood (n.) Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork.
Sandarach (n.) Alt. of Sandarac.
Sandarac (n.) (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]
Sandarac (n.) (Bot. Chem.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree ({Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
Sandarach (n.) A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes [syn: sandarac, sandarach].
Sandbag (n.) 沙袋 A bag filled with sand; small sandbags may be used as a weapon, or larger ones to build walls or as ballast; as, they kept the flooding river from the area by buiding a temmporary dike out of sandbags.
Sandbag (v. t.) 在……堆沙袋；用沙袋封堵；【口】強迫；強制 To treat harshly or unfairly.
Sandbag (v.) To hit something or somebody with or as if with a sandbag.
Sandbag (v.) To protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; as, the residents sandbagged the beach front.
Sandbag (v.) To thwart (another person's plans) by surreptitious maneuvers; as, he sandbagged my proposal by talking in private with other members of the committee. [informal]
Sandbag (v.) To intimidate or coerce, especially by crude methods. [Informal]
Sandbag (v.) To deceive and take advantage of (a person) by misrepresenting one's true intentions. [Informal]
Sandbag (v.) Hence: (Poker) To encourage opponents into betting more by first refraining from betting while having a strong hand, and only later raising the stakes. In informal games, certain types of sandbagging are forbidden.
Sandbag (n.) A bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast.
Sandbag (v.) Treat harshly or unfairly.
Sandbag (v.) Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: {dragoon}, {sandbag}, {railroad}].
Sandbag (v.) Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: {sandbag}, {stun}].
Sandbag (v.) Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling.
Sandbag (v.) Protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; "The residents sandbagged the beach front."
Sandbagger (n.) An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand.
Sandbagger (n.) Someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you.
Sand-blind (a.) Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. -- Shak.
Sand-blind (a.) Having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired, visually challenged].
Sanded (a.) Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren. -- Thomson.
Sanded (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound. -- Shak.
Sanded (a.) Short-sighted. [Prov. Eng.]
Sandemanian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.