sanded 
8. Of a sandy color. 
My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, 
So flew'd, so sanded, und their heads are hung 
With ears that sweep away the morning dew. 
., M. N. D., iv. 1. 125. 
4. Short-sighted. [Prov. Eng.] 
sand-eel (saud'el), . [< ME. sandel (= G. Dan. 
sand-aal)-, < sanil 1 + eel. Of. sainllini/.] 1. An 
anacanthine fish of tlie genus Aiiinnidijti-x. The 
body is slender and cylindrical, somewhat resembling 
that of an eel, and varying from 4 inches to about a foot 
in length, of a beautiful silvery luster, destitute of ventral 
fins, and the scales hardly perceptible ; the head is com- 
pressed, and the upper jaw larger than the under. There 
are two British species, bearing the name of lance, namely 
Ammvdytes tobianus, or wide-mouthed lance, and A.lancea, 
or small-mouthed lance. They are of frequent occurrem-e 
on the coasts, burying themselves in the sand to the depth 
of 6 or 7 inches during the time it is left dry by the ebb- 
tide, whence the former is dug out by fishermen for bait. 
They are delicate food. The name extends to any member 
of the AmmodyKdie. In America there are several other 
species, as .1. americaniut of the Atlantic coast and .1. 
personatmol the Pacific coast. All are known also as sand- 
lance, and some as lant. See cut under Ammodytidx. 
Yarrell suggested that the larger sand-launce only should 
be termed sand-eel, and the lesser one sand-launce. 
Day, Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, II. 830. 
2. A fish, GonorhyncJnis f/reyi, of the family 
Gonorlii/iichidse. [New Zealand.] 
sand-ejector (sand'e-jek'tor), . See sand- 
pump, 2. 
sandelt, A Middle English form of gamt-nl. 
sandel-brick (san'del-brik), . Same &s plaw- 
brick. 
sandelingt, . A Middle English format Mad- 
ling. 
Sandemanian (san-de-ma'ni-an), . [< Saiidc- 
man (seedef.)-f- --'.] A member of a denomi- 
nation, followers of Robert Sandeman (1718- 
1771). a native of Perth, Scotland, and a zealous 
follower of John Glass. Among the distinctive prac- 
tices of the body are community of goods, abstinence from 
blood and from things strangled, love-feasts, and weekly 
celebration of the communion. Called Glassite in Scot- 
laud. 
Sandemanianism (san-de-ma'ni-an-izm), . 
[< Sandemanian + -ism.'] the principles of the 
Saudemanians. 
sandert, . See sandal" 2 . 
sanderbodet, n. [ME., < sander- (as in sander- 
man) + bode, a messenger: 166 60001.] A mes- 
senger. 
sanderling (sau'der-liug), . [< sand 1 + -er 
+ -lingi. Of. sandlini/.'] The three-toed sand- 
piper, or so-called ruddy plover, Ciilidris are- 
naria or Arenaria calidrix, a small wading bird 
5330 
sandever, . Soo xninlim-. 
Sand-fence (sand'fens), n. In hyilrrntl. main., 
a liarrier formed by driving stakes in A-shape 
into the bed of a stream, and lashing or wiring 
brush about them. E. H. Kii'njlit. 
sand-fish (sand'fish), . A fish of the genus 
Trifhodun, or any member of the Ti'irlmdoniidfc 
(wliich see for technical characters). T. stelltri, 
sanding-plate 
sand-heat (sand'het), u. The heat of warm 
MI ml. iisrd in some chemical operations. 
Sand-hill (sand'hil), n. [< ME. on<l-lnjUc,< AS. 
niiiiil-lii/ll, miiid-liyll, < Mind, sand, + lii/ll, hill.] 
A hill of sand, or a hill covered with sand. 
Sand-hill crane, the gray or brown crane of North Amer- 
ica, different from the white or whooping crane. There 
are two species or nu-es to which the name applies, both 
of which have lieen called Grux canadenxis, which properly 
applies only to the northern brown or sand-hill crane, 
somewhat smaller and otherwise different from the 
southern brown or sand-hill crane, Gmx niexicanus or G. 
prateiais. Both are leaden-gray, when younger browner, 
or quite reddish-brown. The larger variety is 44 inches 
long, extending 6 feet 8 inches; t(ie wing, 22 inches; the 
tail, 9 ; the tarsus, 94. The trachea of these birds is much 
Sanderling {Calidris arenaria}, in breeding-plumage. 
of the family Scolopacidse, subfamily Scolopii- 
ciiiee, and section Tringcee, found on sandy 
beaches of all parts of the world, it is white, 
much varied with black or gray on the upper parts, and 
in the breeding-season suffused with rufous on the head, 
neck, and back ; the bill and feet are black. It is from 71 
to 8 inches long, 15J in extent of wing. This is the only 
sandpiper without a hind toe, whence it was sometimes 
classed as a plover. 
sandermant, n. Same as sandesman. 
sanderst (san'derz), . See sandal 2 . 
Vnder their haire they haue a starre vpon their fore- 
heads, which they rub euery morning with a little white 
ganders tempered with water, and three or foure graines 
of Eice among it. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 484. 
They have many Mines of Copper [in Loango], and great 
quantity of Sanders, both red and gray. 
S. Clarke, Geographical Description (1670). 
sanders blue. See bine. 
sanderswoodt (san'derz-wud), n. Sameas*<M- 
dalwood. 
sandesmant, . [ME., also sondesman, and .<- 
derman, sondcruiaii : < sandex, gen. of sand?, a 
message, mission, 4- man, man: see sand 2 and 
man.] A messenger; an ambassador. 
Thou sees that the Emperour es angerde a lyttille ; 
That semes be his nandixinenf that he es sore grevede. 
Morte Arthurs (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 266. 
Sand-fish (Trrfhotton ttelltri >. 
about a foot long, lives buried in the sand on the coast of 
Alaska and southward. It superficially resembles the 
weever, but differs very much structurally, and has fifteen 
spines on the first dorsal fin and eighteen rays on the 
second. 
sand-flag (sand'flag), n. Sandstone of a lamel- 
lar or flaggy structure. 
The face of that lofty cape is composed of the soft and 
crumbling stone called sand-flag, which gradually . . . 
yields to the action of the atmosphere, and is split into 
large masses. Scott, Pirate, vii. 
sand-flaw (sand'fla), . In brick-making, a de- 
fect in the surface of a brick, due to uneven coat- 
ing of the mass of clay with molding-sand be- 
fore molding. Also called sand-crack. 
The brick shall contain no cracks or sand-flaws. 
C. T. Davit, Bricks and Tiles, p. 124. 
sand-flea (saud'fle), /. 1. The chigoe or jig- 
ger, Sarcopsylla penetrans. 2. A sand-hopper 
or beach-flea; one of numerous small amphi- 
pod crustaceans which hop like fleas on the sea- 
shore. A common British species to which the name 
applies is Talitrm locutta. See beach-flea, and cuts under 
A mphipoda and Orchestia. 
sand-flood (sand'flud), n. A vast body of sand 
moving or borne along a desert, as in Arabia. 
Bruce. 
sand-flounder (sand'Houn^der), . A worthless 
kind of flounder or flatfish, Bothtis or Lopho- 
psetta maciilatus, nearly related to the Euro- 
pean turbot, very common on the Atlantic coast 
of North America, and also called windotcpaue, 
from its translucency. The eyes and color are on 
the left Bide ; the body is very flat, broadly rhomboid, of 
a light olive brown marbled with paler, and with many 
irregular blackish blotches, and the fins are spotted. 
Sand-fluke (sand'flok), . 1. Same as saiid- 
xucker. 2. The smear-dab, Mifrostomus kitt or 
iiiierocephalits. 
sand-fly (sand'fli), . 1. A small midge occur- 
ring in New England, Simulium (Ceratopogon) 
nocivum of Harris. This is probably the punky 
of the Adirondack region of New York. 2. 
Any member of the liibionidte. 
sand-gall (sand'gal), H. Same as sand-pipe, 1. 
sand-gaper (sand 'ga* per), . The common 
clam, Mya arenaria. 
sand-glass (sand'glas), n. A glass vessel con- 
sisting of two equal, nearly conical, and coaxial 
receptacles connected by a small opening at 
their vertices, one of which contains sand, 
which, if the glass is turned, runs through the 
opening into the other, the amount of sand be- 
ing so regulated that a certain space of time 
is exactly measured by its running through. 
Compare hour-glass, minute-glass. 
A sand-glasse or honre-glasse, vitreum horologium. 
WithaVs Diet. (ed. 1608), p. 255. (Saret.) 
sand-grass (sand'gras), . 1. Grass that grows 
on sandy soil, as by the sea-shore. The name is 
peculiarly applied to those grasses which, by their wide- 
spreading and tenacious roots, enable the sandy soil to 
. resist the encroachments of the sea. 
The sand-rrrasxes, Elymus arenarius, Arundo arenaria, 
are valuable binding weeds on shifty sandy shores. 
llenfrey. 
2. Specifically, in the United States, Triodia 
(Tricitspis) purpurea, an annual tufted grass of 
the Atlantic coast and sandy districts inland. 
It is of little practical worth. 
Sand-grouse (sand'grous), >i. Any bird of the 
family I'teroelidae ; a pigeon-grouse or rock- 
pigeon, inhabiting sandy deserts of the Old 
World. The common sand-grouse is Pteroclei arenaria ; 
the pin-tailed is P. setarhis; Pallas's is Syrrhaptes para- 
doxus ; and there are many others. See cuts under gaiuja, 
Pterocles, and Syrrhaptes. Also sand-pigeon. 
sand-guard (sand'gard), n. In vehicles, a de- 
vice for preventing sand or other gritty sub- 
stances from entering the boxes and abrading 
the bearing surfaces. A common form is a 
metal collar fitted within an annular flange. 
less convoluted in the sternum than that of the whooping 
crane. They are seldom if ever found now in settled 
parts of eastern North America, though still abundant in 
the north and west. 
sand-hiller (sand'hil"er), w. One of a class of 
"poor whites"living in the pine-woods that 
cover the sandy hills of Georgia and South 
Carolina. They are supposed by some authorities to be 
the descendants of poor white people who, being deprived 
of work by the introduction of slave-labor, took refuge in 
the woods. Also called cracker. 
The sand-hitters are small, gaunt, and cadaverous, and 
their skin is just the color of the sand-hills they live on. 
They are incapableof applying themselves steadily to any 
labor, and their habits are very much like those of the 
old Indians. Otmsted, Slave States, p. 507. (Bartlett.) 
sand-holder (sand'hol'der), . In a pump- 
stock, a chamber in which the sand carried by 
the water is deposited, instead of being carried 
on to the plunger or pump-bucket. 
sand-hopper (sand'hop'er), . Some animal 
which hops on the sand (as of the sea-shore), as 
a beach-flea or sand-skipper; one of the amphi- 
pods ; a sand-flea. Very numerous species of differ- 
ent genera receive this name, which has no technical or 
exact meaning. The Gammaridx are sometimes collec- 
tively so called. See cut under Amphipoda. 
sand-hornet (sand'hor"net), n. A sand-wasp, 
especially of the family Crabronidee, some of 
which resemble hornets. See cut under Cra- 
bronidse. 
sandie (san'di), w. Seesandyl. 
San Diego palm. See Wasliinijtonia. 
sandiferoust (san-dif'e-rus), a. [Irreg. < sand 1 
+ -i-ferous (see -feroiis).'] Bearing or throw- 
ing up sand ; areniferous. [Rare.] 
The surging sulks of the gand-tferous seas. 
Sir P. Sidney, Wanstead Play, p. 619. (Danes.) 
sandiness (san'di-nes), n. [< sandy 1 + -ness.] 
1. Sandy character: as, the sandiness of the 
soil. 2. Sandy character as regards color: 
as, sandiness of hair, or of complexion. 
sanding (san'ding), w. [Verbal n. of sand 1 , .] 
1. In ceram., the process of testing the surface 
of gilding, after it has been fired, with fine 
sand and water, to try whether the firing has 
been insufficient (in which case the gold will 
not adhere) or excessive (in which case the 
gold will not be brilliant). 2. The process of 
burying oysters in sand, mud, etc.; also, ac- 
cumulation of foreign matter on their shells, or 
this matter itself. 
The gales also have the effect of covering the scattered 
oysters on the leeward sand, which process is called sand- 
ing, and it appears to be very injurious. Wintlmc. 
3. The act of mixing with sand. 
The sanding process consists in mixing with the sponges 
before packing a certain quantity of fine sand, which in- 
creases their weight from 25 to even 100 per cent. 
Fisheries of U. S., V. ii. 840. 
Sanding-plate (san'ding-plat). H. A plate of 
cast-iron mounted on a vertical spindle, used 
