Chapter 1425

Sandal <Xpage= Sand badger (Zo\'94l.) , the Japanese badger ( Meles ankuma ). -- Sand bag (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. -- Sand ball , soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. -- Sand bath . (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed . (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. -- Sand bed , a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. -- Sand birds (Zo\'94l.) , a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds . -- Sand blast , a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. -- Sand box . (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand . (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. -- Sand-box tree (Bot.) , a tropical American tree ( Hura crepitans ). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust . of Regma . -- Sand bug (Zo\'94l.) , an American anomuran crustacean ( Hippa talpoidea ) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust . under Anomura . -- Sand canal (Zo\'94l.) , a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. -- Sand cock (Zo\'94l.) , the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sand collar . (Zo\'94l.) Same as Sand saucer , below. -- Sand crab . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The lady crab . (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. -- Sand crack (Far.) , a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. -- Sand cricket (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. -- Sand cusk (Zo\'94l.) , any ophidiod fish. See Illust . under Ophidiod . -- Sand dab (Zo\'94l.) , a small American flounder ( Limanda ferruginea ); -- called also rusty dab . The name is also applied locally to other allied species. -- Sand darter (Zo\'94l.) , a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ( Ammocrypta pellucida ). -- Sand dollar (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast. -- Sand drift , drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. -- Sand eel . (Zo\'94l.) (a) A lant, or launce . (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus , having barbels about the mouth. -- Sand flag , sandstone which splits up into flagstones. -- Sand flea . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea . (b) the chigoe . (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian . See Beach flea , under Beach . -- Sand flood , a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. James Bruce. -- Sand fluke . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The sandnecker . (b) The European smooth dab ( Pleuronectes microcephalus ); -- called also kitt , marysole , smear dab , town dab . -- Sand fly (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium , abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um , punky , and midge . -- Sand gall (Geol.) See Sand pipe , below. -- Sand grass (Bot.) , any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ( Triplasis purpurea ) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. 1274 -- Sand grouse (Zo\'94l.) , any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock grouse , rock pigeon , and ganga . They mostly belong to the genus Pterocles , as the common Indian species ( P. exustus ). The large sand grouse ( P. arenarius ), the painted sand grouse ( P. fasciatus ), and the pintail sand grouse ( P. alchata ) are also found in India. See Illust . under Pterocletes . -- Sand hill , a hill of sand; a dune. -- Sand-hill crane (Zo\'94l.) , the American brown crane ( Grus Mexicana ). -- Sand hopper (Zo\'94l.) , a beach flea; an orchestian. -- Sand hornet (Zo\'94l.) , a sand wasp. -- Sand lark . (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small lark ( Alaudala raytal ), native of India . (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper . (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ( \'92gialophilus ruficapillus ); -- called also red-necked plover . -- Sand launce (Zo\'94l.) , a lant, or launce. -- Sand lizard (Zo\'94l.) , a common European lizard ( Lacerta agilis ). -- Sand martin (Zo\'94l.) , the bank swallow. -- Sand mole (Zo\'94l.) , the coast rat. -- Sand monitor (Zo\'94l.) , a large Egyptian lizard ( Monitor arenarius ) which inhabits dry localities. -- Sand mouse (Zo\'94l.) , the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sand myrtle . (Bot.) See under Myrtle . -- Sand partridge (Zo\'94l.) , either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus Ammoperdix . The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ( A. Heeji ) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ( A. Bonhami ), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee partridge , and teehoo . -- Sand picture , a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. -- Sand pike . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The sauger . (b) The lizard fish. -- Sand pillar , a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. -- Sand pipe (Geol.) , a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in dept, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also sand gall . -- Sand pride (Zo\'94l.) , a small british lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also sand prey . -- Sand pump , in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. -- Sand rat (Zo\'94l.) , the pocket gopher. -- Sand rock , a rock made of cemented sand. -- Sand runner (Zo\'94l.) , the turnstone. -- Sand saucer (Zo\'94l.) , the mass of egg capsules, or o\'94thec\'91, of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand collar . -- Sand screw (Zo\'94l.) , an amphipod crustacean ( Lepidactylis arenarius ), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. -- Sand shark (Zo\'94l.) , an American shark ( Odontaspis littoralis ) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark , and dogfish shark . See Illust . under Remora . -- Sand skink (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps ; as, the ocellated sand skink ( Seps ocellatus ) of Southern Europe . -- Sand skipper (Zo\'94l.) , a beach flea, or orchestian. -- Sand smelt (Zo\'94l.) , a silverside. -- Sand snake . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx , native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially E. Jaculus of India and E. Johnii , used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus Psammophis , especially P. sibilans . -- Sand snipe (Zo\'94l.) , the sandpiper. -- Sand star (Zo\'94l.) , an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. -- Sand storm , a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. -- Sand sucker , the sandnecker. -- Sand swallow (Zo\'94l.) , the bank swallow. See under Bank . -- Sand tube , a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite . (b) (Zo\'94l.) Any tube made of cemented sand . (c) (Zo\'94l. ) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. -- Sand viper . (Zo\'94l.) See Hognose snake . -- Sand wasp (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilid\'91 and Spherid\'91 , which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. >

San"dal , n. [F. sandale , L. sandalium , Gr. <?/, dim. of <?/, probably from Per. sandal .] (a) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. (b) A kind of slipper. (c) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.