Sanctus bell, a small bell usually suspended in a bell cot at the apex
of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in mediæval 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.
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.
Woodward.