Sand badger (Zoöl.), 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. (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. (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
(Zoöl.), 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. (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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sand
collar. (Zoöl.) Same as Sand saucer, below. -- Sand crab. (Zoöl.) (a)
The lady crab. (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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), any ophidioid fish. See
Illust. under Ophidioid. -- Sand dab (Zoöl.), a small American flounder
(Limanda ferruginea); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species. -- Sand darter (Zoöl.), a
small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley (Ammocrypta pellucida). --
Sand dollar (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) (a) A lant, or
launce. (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. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of flea which
inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe. (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. (Zoöl.) (a)
The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab (Pleuronectes
microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab. --
Sand fly (Zoöl.), 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. <! p. 1274 pr=PCP !> -- Sand grouse
(Zoöl.), 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 (P. exustus). The large
sand grouse (P. arenarius), the painted sand grouse (P. fasciatus), and
the pintail sand grouse (P. alchata) are also found in India. See
Illust. under Pterocletes. -- Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune. --
Sand-hill crane (Zoöl.), the American brown crane (Grus Mexicana). --
Sand hopper (Zoöl.), a beach flea; an orchestian. -- Sand hornet
(Zoöl.), a sand wasp. -- Sand lark. (Zoöl.) (a) A small lark (Alaudala
raytal), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the
ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The
Australian red- capped dotterel (Ægialophilus ruficapillus); -- called
also red-necked plover. -- Sand launce (Zoöl.), a lant, or launce. --
Sand lizard (Zoöl.), a common European lizard (Lacerta agilis). -- Sand
martin (Zoöl.), the bank swallow. -- Sand mole (Zoöl.), the coast rat.
-- Sand monitor (Zoöl.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor arenarius)
which inhabits dry localities. -- Sand mouse (Zoöl.), the dunlin.
[Prov. Eng.] -- Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle. -- Sand partridge
(Zoöl.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus
Ammoperdix. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species
(A. Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (A.
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. (Zoöl.) (a) The sauger.
(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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the pocket
gopher. -- Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand. -- Sand runner
(Zoöl.), the turnstone. -- Sand saucer (Zoöl.), the mass of egg
capsules, or oöthecæ, 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 (Zoöl.), an
amphipod crustacean (Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the
sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. -- Sand shark (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a beach flea, or orchestian. -- Sand smelt (Zoöl.), a
silverside. -- Sand snake. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of
harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and E. Johnii, used by
snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially P. sibilans. -- Sand snipe (Zoöl.), the
sandpiper. -- Sand star (Zoöl.), 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
(Zoöl.), the bank swallow. See under Bank. -- Sand tube, a tube made of
sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zoöl.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c)
(Zoöl.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall,
which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. -- Sand
viper. (Zoöl.) See Hognose snake. -- Sand wasp (Zoöl.), any one of
numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidæ and Spheridæ, 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.
Sand (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanding.] 1. To
sprinkle or cover with sand.