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Sand

  [sand; Fr. sahnd]
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–noun
George  [jawrj; Fr. zhawrzh] (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant), 1804–76, French novelist.
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sand

  1. n.
    sugar. : Do you use sand in your coffee?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sand 
O.E. sand, from P.Gmc. *sanda- (cf. O.N. sandr, O.Fris. sond, M.Du. sant, Ger. Sand, not recorded in Goth.), from PIE base *samatha- (cf. Gk. psammos "sand," L. sabulum). Metaphoric for "innumerability" since O.E. The verb is first attested c.1374, "to sprinkle with sand," from the noun; meaning "to grind or polish with sand" is from 1858. Sandpaper is attested from 1812; sandstone is from 1668.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sand
Pronunciation: 'sand
Function: noun
: gritty particles in various body tissues or fluids —see BRAIN SAND
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sand (sānd)
n.
Small, loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

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Science Dictionary
sand   (sānd)  Pronunciation Key 
A sedimentary material consisting of small, often rounded grains or particles of disintegrated rock, smaller than granules and larger than silt. The diameter of the particles ranges from 0.0625 to 2 mm. Although sand often consists of quartz, it can consist of any other mineral or rock fragment as well. Coral sand, for example, consists of limestone fragments.
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