Sand

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

A single particle of such stone.

The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.

Courage; pluck; grit.

To sprinkle or cover with sand.

To drive upon the sand.

To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.