Sand

Sand - Other Definitions

• (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.
  
  
• (n.) A single particle of such stone.
  
  
• (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
  
  
• (n.) 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.
  
  
• (n.) Courage; pluck; grit.
  
  
• (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand.
  
  
• (v. t.) To drive upon the sand.
  
  
• (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
  
  
• (v. t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.