sandstone 
and extends further to the north into Minnesota. It is al- 
most entirely destitute of fossils, hut from its stratigraphi- 
cal position it is considered to be nearly of the same age 
Dickens, Sketches, Characters, ix. 
5333 sangsue 
He stopped the unstamped advertisement -an animated ganfailt, adv. [ME., < OF. sans faille : see sans 
sandwich composed of a boy between two boards. and /at/1, w> ] Without fail. 
That both his penon and baner sanfaill 
Put within the town, so making conqueste. 
Rom. of Partmay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1592. 
arrangement; insert between two other things : gan gl (sang). Preterit of sin;/. 
as, to sandwich a slice of ham between two san g2 (sang), n. An obsolete or dialectal 
as the i hazy limestone of the New York Survey. sandwich (sand'wich), V. t. [< sandwich, .] 
sand-storm (sand'storm) >i. A storm of wind T() make into a sandwich or something of like 
that bears along clouds of sand. 
sand-sucker (sand'suk"er), n. \. The rough 
dab, Btppoglossoides HmaMoides, also called 
sitii//-lln/:i' and KUtdtiecktr. The name is due to the 
erroneous idea that it feeds on nothing but sand. Day, 
Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, II. 10. 
2. In the United States, a general popular name 
for soft-bodied animals which hide in the sand, 
sometimes exposing their suckers, tentacles, _ _, 
or other parts, as ascidians, holothurians, or Sandwich tern. See tern. gules 
nereids sand-Wind (saud'wind), . A wind that raises sang (sung), re. [Chin.; also shtng.] A Chinese 
Same as bank- and carries along clouds of dust and sand. musical instrument, con- 
sandworm (sand'werm), n. 1. A worm that sisting of a set of gradu- 
applied to various arenicp- 
san g2 
slices of bread; to sandwich a picture between (Scotch) form of song. 
two_ pieces of pasteboard. [Colloq.]_ _ ^ sang 3 (son), re. [< ME. sang, sank, < OF. sang, 
sane, F. sang = Sp. sangre = Pg. sangue, sangre 
= It. sangue, < L. sanguis, blood.] Blood : used 
in heraldry, in different combinations Gutte 
de sang, in her., having the field occupied with drops 
sandwich-man(sand'wich-man),ii. 1. A seller 
of sandwiches. 2. A man carrying two ad- 
vertising-boards, one slung before and one be- 
hind him. [Slang.] 
sand-swallow (sand'swol"6), re. 
swallow. 
sand-thrower (sand'thro"er), n. A tool for 
throwing sand on sized or painted surfaces. It 
consists of a hollow handle in 
which a supply of sand is con- 
tained, and from which it passes 
into a conical or V-shaped box. 
The box ends in a narrow slit 
from which the sand issues, dis- 
tributed by a projecting lip. 
sand-trap (sand'trap), n. 
IrLltydraitl. engin., a device 
for separating sand and 
other heavy particles from 
running water. It consists 
substantially of a pocket or 
chamber in which the sand is 
collected by a sudden change in 
the direction of the flow, which 
causes the momentum of the 
particles to carry them out of 
the stream into the collecting- 
chamber, or by a sudden reduc- 
lives in the sand : 
lous or limicolous annelids, found especially in 
the sand of the sea-shore, and quite different 
from ordinary earthworms. They are much 
used for bait. 2. A worm that constructs a 
sand-tube, as a species of Sabellaria. 
sandwort (sand'wert), n. [< sand 1 + wort 1 .] 
A plant of the genus Arenaria. They are low, 
chiefly tufted herbs, with small white flowers, the leaves 
most often awl-shaped or filiform, many species growing in uocu 
sand. The mountain-sand wort, .4. eroniiandtat, a densely _ ' / snT , .' D .i)1 
tufted plant with flowers larger than usual, is a noticeable o*ll* V S,f~'r, ii - - e 
alpine or subalpine plant of the eastern United States and smian.J Ine dalla OX ol 
northward, found also very locally on low ground. 
ated bamboo tubes, which 
contain free reeds, insert- 
ed on a gourd with a 
mouthpiece, so that the 
reeds may be sounded by 
the breath. It Is supposed 
that this instrument suggested 
the invention of the accordion 
and reed-organ. The French 
spelling chvn<j is sometimes 
used. 
Sand-trap (in section). 
F, cast-iron body ; ff, cov- 
er; //, fii ' 
diaphragm 
port for water ; 
(Water enters through Z),and 
the sand is collected in C'.) 
G. plug for clearing out sand. 
, .-. The Abyssinia. Also sangu. 
sea-sandwort is A. peploides, found in the coast-sands of gancaree (sane-ga-re'), re 
Europe and North America. Also sandweed. r/ 6 e~ ^ZZE, . 4rinr 
with 
, pe and . 
nely perforated sandv 1 (san'di), o. (X ME. "sandy, sondi, < 
' > ''' AS. saudig (= D. zandig = MHG. sandic ' = 
G. Dan. Sw. sandig = Icel. sondugr), sandy, < 
sand, sand: see sand 1 .'] \. Consisting of or 
containing sand; abounding in sand; covered 
[< Sp. sangria, a, 
made of red wine 
lemon-juice, lit. bleeding, 
incision (= Pg. Sangria, 
blood-letting, sangria de 
uiiimiiiu, oi uj a containing sum: aDOUiiuiusr in saiiu covereu . , __, 1:4. i 
tion of velocity through an abrupt enlargements the pipe , . , desert or nnho > negus, lit. 
or channel which conducts the stream, whereby the heavy or sprmKlea wren Sana, as, a sanay u . - : ,x < sa 
a (From Carl Engel's 
usical Instruments.") 
or channel which conducts the stream, whereby the heavy 
particles are permitted to gravitate into the receiving- 
pocket, or by the use of a strainer which intercepts the 
particles and retains them, or by a combination of these 
principles. 
sand-tube (sand'tub), . In zool. : (a) A sand- 
canal, (b) A tubular structure formed of ag- 
glutinated sand, as the tubes of various anne- 
lids, of the peduncles of Lingulidse, etc. 
sand-viper (sand 'vl" per), n. A hog-nosed 
snake. See Heterodon. [Local, U. S.j 
Sand-washer (sand'wosh"er), n. An apparatus 
for separating sand from earthy substances. 
It usually consists of a wire screen for the sand. The screen 
is either shaken or rotated in a constant flow of water, 
which carries off soluble substances. 
sand-wasp (sand'wosp), n. A fossorial hyme- 
nopterous insect which digs in the sand ; a dig- 
ger-wasp, as of either of the families Pompilidse 
and Sphegidx, and especially of the genus Am- 
mopliila. There are many species, and the name is a 
loose one. Some of these wasps belong to the Scoliidee; 
others, as of the family Crabronidfe, are also known as sand- 
kortiettt, and many are popularly called sand-bugs. The 
general distinction of these wasps is from any of those 
which build their nests of papery tissue, or which make 
their cells above ground. See cuts under Ammophila, 
Crabro, Elis, and digger-wasp, and compare potter-wasp. 
sandweed(sand'wed),w. 1. Sameassandwort. 
2. The spurry, Spergula arvensis. [Prov. Eng.] 
sandweld (sand' weld), v. t. To weld with sand 
ing of wine'), < sangrar, bleed, < sangre, blood, 
< L. sanguis, blood : see sang 3 .'] Wine ; more 
especially, red wine diluted with water, sweet- 
ened, and flavored with nutmeg, used as a cold 
drink. Varieties of it are named from the wine 
employed: as, port-wine sangaree. 
Vulgar, kind, good-humoured Mrs. Colonel Grogwater, 
as she would be called, with a yellow little husband from 
Madras, who first taught me to drink san/jaree. 
Thackeray, Fitz-Boodle's Confessions. 
plain; a sandy road or soil. 
I should not see the sandy hour-glass run 
But I should think of shallows and of flats. 
Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 25. 
2. Resembling sand; hence, unstable ; shift- 
ing ; not firm or solid. 
Favour . . . huilt but upon the sandy foundation of per- 
sonal respects only . . . cannot be long lived. 
Bacon, Advice to Villiers. 
3. Dry; arid; uninteresting. [Rare.] 
It were no service to you to send you my notes upon 
the book, because they are sandy, incoherent rags, for my 
memory, not for your judgment. Donne, Letters, xxi. sangaree (sang-ga-re'). v. t. [< sangaree, n.] 
4 Of the color of sand; of a yellowish-red To mix with water and sweeten; make sanga- 
color: as, sandy hair. ree of: as, tc > sangaree port-wine. 
A huge Briton, with sandy whiskers and a double chin, Sang-de-bO3Uf (son de-bef ), re [F ox-blood L : 
was swallowing patties and cherry-brandy. sang, blood (see sang*); de, of (see de*); bceuf, 
ox (see beef).~\ A deep-red color peculiar to 
ancient Chinese porcelain, and much imitated 
by modern manufacturers in the East and in 
Europe. The glaze is often crackled, and the 
color more or less modulated or graded. 
One little negro was , 
cold sangaree. 
handing him a glass of ice- 
The Century, XXXV. 946. 
Thackeray, Men and Pictures. 
Sandy laverock. See laverock. 
Bare naething but windle-straes and sandii-laurocks. 
Scott, Old Mortality, vii. 
Sandy mocking-bird, the brown thrush, or thrasher, 
Harporhynchvx r^fw. ^eejmt under thrasher. [Local, san g.froid (son-frwo'), n. [F., < sang (< L. 
Also sanguis), blood, + froid, cold, cool, < L. frigi- 
dus, cold : see sang 3 and frigid.] Freedom from 
agitation or excitement of mind; coolness; in- 
U. S~] Sandy ray. See ray*. 
iandy 1 (san'di), n.; pi. sandies (-< 
sandie, sanny; abbr. of sandy laverock.'] Same 
as sandy laverock (which see, under laverock). 
Cuckoo's sandy, the meadow-pipit, Anthus pratensis, 
also called cuckoo's titling. [Prov. Eng.] 
(silica), which forms a fluid slag on the weld- g an( Jy2 (san'di), re. [Also Sawney; familiar in 
ing-surface : a common method of welding iron. 
Scotland as a man's name ; a var., with dim. 
term., of Sounder, < ME. Sounder, Sawndcr, an 
abbr. of Alexander.] A Scotsman, especially 
a Lowlander. [Colloq.] 
" Standards on the Braes of Mar," shouted by a party of 
Lowland Sandies who filled the other seats [of the coach]. 
mg-s 
When the pieces to be welded are put together and ham 
mered, the slag is forced out and the metallic surfaces left 
bright and free to unite. 
sand-whirl (sand'hwerl), n. A whirlwind whose 
vortex is filled with dust and sand. See sand- 
ttpnnt. 
sandwich (sand'wich), n. [Named after John 
Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (died 1792), who sandy-carpet (saii'di-kar"pet), 
used to have slices of bread with ham between geometrid moth, Emmelesia decolorata. 
brought to him at the gaming-table, to enable sandy-glasst, n. Same as sand-glass. 
him to go on playing without intermission. The OGod, God, that it were possible 
title is derived from Sandwich, < ME. Sandwiche, 
AS. Sandwic, a town in Kent, < sand, sand, + 
wic, town.] 1. Two thin slices of bread, plain 
or buttered, with some savory article of food, s-mdyset sandyxt . 
as sliced or potted meat, fish, or fowl, placed be- 
tween: as, a ha.ru sandwich ; a, cheese sandwich. 
difference ; calmness in trying circumstances. 
They [the players] consisted of a Russian princess losing 
heavily behind a broad green fan ; an English peer throw- 
Ing the second fortune he had inherited after the first 
with perfect good-humour and sang froid ; two or three 
swindlers on a grand scale, not yet found out. 
Whyte Melville, White Rose, I. xxiii. 
General Lee, after the first shock of the breaking of his 
lines, soon recovered his usual sang-froid, and bent all his 
energies to saving his army. The Century, XXXIX. 146. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 493. sangiac> ,. Seo sm , ja /._ 
^ n. A British san gi aca te, w. See sanjakate. 
sanglant (sang'glant), a. [< F. sanglant, blood, 
< LL. sanguilentusfoT^j. sanguinolentus, bloody, 
< sanguineus, bloody: see sanguine, sanguino- 
lent.] In her., bloody, or dropping blood : used 
especially in connection with erased: thus, 
erased and sanglant signifies torn off, as the 
head or paw of a beast, and dropping blood. 
sanglier (sang'li-er), n. [< F. sanglier, OF. 
Claret, sandivich, and an appetite, 
Are things which make an English evening pass. 
Hymn, Don Juan, v. 68. 
But seventy-two chickens do not give a very large meal 
for a thousand people, even when backed up by sand- 
wiches. Saturday Rei>. , April, 1874, p. 492. 
Hence 2. Anything resembling or suggest- 
ing a sandwich; something placed between 
two other like things, as a man carrying two 
advertising-boards, one before and one behind. 
[Colloq.] 
A pale young man with feeble whiskers and a stiff white 
neckcloth cnme walking down the lane en sandwich hav- 
ing a lady, that is, on each arm. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Iviii. 
To vndo things done ; to call backe yesterday : 
That time could turne vp his swift sandy-glasse, 
To vntell the dayes, and to redeeme these houres ! 
Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindness (Works, II. 138). 
See sandix. 
sane 1 (san), a. [= F. sain = Pr. son = Sp. 
sano = Pg. sSo = It. sano, < L. sanus, whole, of 
sound mind, akin to Gr. odof, auf, whole, sound. 
From the same source are ult. E. insane, sanity, 
sanitary, satiation, sanatory, etc.] 1. Of sound 
mind; mentally sound: as, a sane person. 
I woke sane, but well-nigh close to death. 
Tennyson, Princess, vii. 
2. Sound; free from disorder; healthy: as, a 
saws mind; a sane project ; sane memory (law). 
sane 2 , r. t. See sain*. 
sanely (saii'li), adr. In a sane manner; as one 
in possession of a sound mind ; naturally. 
sengler, saingler, sanglier (orig. pore sanglier) =. 
Pr. singlar = It. cinahiale, < ML. singularis, i. e. 
poreus singularis, the wild (solitary) boar (cf. 
Gr. /jowof, a boar, lit. ' solitary ') : see singular.] 
In her., a wild boar used as a bearing. 
sangreal, sangraal (sang'gre-al, sang-gral'), . 
[See sainfl and grail 1 .] In medieval legends, 
the holy vessel supposed to have been the "cup" 
used at the Last Supper. See graif*. 
sang-school (snng'skol), n. A singing-school. 
Schools thus named were common in Scotland from the 
thirteenth to the eighteenth century, various other sub- 
jects besides singing being often taught in them . [Scotch. ] 
saneness (san'nes), . Sane character, con- sangsue (sang'su). n. [< F. mmi/mir, OF. sang- 
dition, or state; soundness of mind; sanity, sue, siium/c = 1'r. sitni/iiixiii/ = Pg. sani/ni-xiii/n, 
sanijnc.riiiiii, .w <//<//*/. mnii/iiixiign = It. san- 
