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Sand

noun

A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876). Synonyms: Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, George Sand.

Fortitude and determination. Synonyms: backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie.

verb

(past & past part. sanded; pres. part. sanding)

Rub with sandpaper. Synonym: sandpaper.

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"Sand" Quotes from Famous Books

... now very low on the horizon, and would soon take its sand- bath. Hassib laid his hand on Forsyth's arm and ducked behind a mound on the edge of the bank. Harry ...

— For Fortune and Glory - A Story of the Soudan War • Lewis Hough

... were tossed into the sea; the crew sprang overboard; some of them seized the new arrival; I clambered on the back of the patrao; a crowd of negroes, who had been waiting on the beach, laid hold of the tow-rope of the boat, and it and we were landed simultaneously on the dry sand. ...

— Stories by English Authors: Africa • Various

... conclusion that I was a fool, lower in the scale of intelligence than even the police of the modern romancer. Novelists build mountains of stupidity out of a footprint on the sand, or from an impression of a hand on the wall. That's the way innocent men are brought to prison. It might convince an examining magistrate or the head of a detective department, but it's not proof. You writers forget that what the senses furnish is not proof. If I am taking ...

— The Mystery of the Yellow Room • Gaston Leroux

... too, torpedoes were used for the first time by aircraft and three ships were destroyed in the Dardanelles by this means. The distance from the hub of affairs, a line of supply about 6,000 miles in length, sickness and the climatic and geographical conditions rendered maintenance very difficult. Sand and dust driven in clouds by high winds greatly shortened the working life of engines. The heat during the summer caused the rapid deterioration of machines, while long oversea flights entailed loss from forced landings. There are many aspects of the deepest interest to be brought out when ...

— Aviation in Peace and War • Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

... that's why you won't sell. You think your friends will hold out, too. You've got a sort of a pool. It won't do you any good. The rest of them haven't the sand. I'll bet there isn't another man who would turn down such an offer as I've made to you. It will be each ...

— Desert Conquest - or, Precious Waters • A. M. Chisholm

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