sandie (sand i)

See sandy1. San Diego palm. See Washingtonia. sand i fer oust (san-dif'e-rus), a. [Irreg. The surging sulks of the sandiferous seas. Sir P. Sidney , Wanstead Play, p. 619. ( Davies .) sandine (san'di-nes), n. [ sandy1 + -ne .] 1. Sandy character: as, the sandine of the soil.-2. Sandy character as regards color: as, sandine of hair, or of complexion. sanding (san'ding), n. [Verbal n. of sand1 , v.] 1. In ceram ., the proce of testing the surface of gilding, after it has been fired, with fine sand and water, to try whether the firing has been insufficient (in which case the gold will not adhere) or exce ive (in which case the gold will not be brilliant).-2. The proce of burying oysters in sand, mud, etc.; also, accumulation of foreign matter on their shells, or this matter itself. The gales also have the effect of covering the scattered oysters on the leeward sand, which proce is called sand ing , and it appears to be very injurious. Winslow . 3. The act of mixing with sand. The sanding proce consists in mixing with the sponges before packing a certain quantity of fine sand, which increases their weight from 25 to even 100 per cent. Fisheries of U. S. , V. ii. 840. sanding-plate (san'ding-plāt), n. A plate of cast-iron mounted on a vertical spindle, used IMG:content-0081.jpg:[ocr errors] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-0083.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0084.png:[blocks in formation]