Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. -- Stilt sandpiper. See under
Stilt.
Sand"pit` (?), n. A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been
taken.
San"dre (?), n. (Zoöl.) A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields
a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare.
Sand"stone` (?), n. A rock made of sand more or less firmly united.
Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
Different names are applied to the various kinds of sandstone according
to their composition; as, granitic, argillaceous, micaceous, etc.
Flexible sandstone (Min.), the finer- grained variety of itacolumite,
which on account of the scales of mica in the lamination is quite
flexible. -- Red sandstone, a name given to two extensive series of
British rocks in which red sandstones predominate, one below, and the
other above, the coal measures. These were formerly known as the Old
and the New Red Sandstone respectively, and the former name is still
retained for the group preceding the Coal and referred to the Devonian
age, but the term New Red Sandstone is now little used, some of the
strata being regarded as Permian and the remained as Triassic. See the
Chart of Geology.
Sand"wich (?; 277), n. [Named from the Earl of Sandwich.] Two pieces of
bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like,
between them.
Sand"wich, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sandwiched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sandwiching.] To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert
between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or
things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.
Sand"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of annelids
which burrow in the sand of the seashore. (b) Any species of annelids
of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand
on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters. (c) The
chigoe, a species of flea.
Sand"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted
herbs (order Caryophyllaceæ.)
Sand"y (?), a. [Compar. Sandier (?); superl. Sandiest.] [AS. sandig.]
1. Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand;
covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.
2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy
hair.
||San"dyx (?), n. [L.] See Sandix.
Sane (?), a. [L. sanus; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;, safe, sound. Cf. Sound, a.]
1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; --
said of the mind.
2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental
faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of
the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.
Syn. -- Sound; healthy; underanged; unbroken.
Sane"ness, n. The state of being sane; sanity.
Sang (?), imp. of Sing.
{ ||San"ga (?), San"gu (?) }, n. (Zoöl.) The Abyssinian ox (Bos or
Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a
hump on its back.
San`ga*ree" (?), n. [Sp. sangria, lit., bleeding, from sangre, blood,
L. sanguis.] Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West
Indian drink.
||Sang`-froid" (?), n. [F., cold blood.] Freedom from agitation or
||excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference;
||calmness. Burke.
San"gi*ac (?), n. See Sanjak.
{ San`graal" (?), San"gre*al (?) }, n. [See Saint, and Grail.] See Holy
Grail, under Grail.
San*guif"er*ous (?), a. [L. sanguis blood + -ferous.] (Physiol.)
Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins,
capillaries.
San`gui*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. sanguification. See Sanguify.]
(Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of
digestion into blood; hematosis.
San"gui*fi`er (?), n. A producer of blood.
San*guif"lu*ous (?), a. [L. sanguis blood + fluere to flow.] Flowing or
running with blood.
San"gui*fy (?), v. t. [L. sanguis blood + -fy: cf. F. sanguifier.] To
produce blood from.
San*guig"e*nous (?), a. [L. sanguis + -genous.] Producing blood; as,
sanguigenous food.
San`gui*na"ceous (?), n. Of a blood-red color; sanguine.
||San`gui*na"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n.] 1. (Bot.) A
||genus of plants of the Poppy family.
Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a
perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and
solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot.