sandflaw (sandfla)

In brick - making, a defect in the surface of a brick, due to uneven coating of the ma of clay with molding-sand before molding. Also called sand - crack. The brick shall contain no cracks or sand - flaws . C. T. Davis , Bricks and Tiles, p. 124. sand-file a (sand'fle), n. 1. The chigoe or jigger, Sarcopsylla pene trans .-2. A sand-hopper or beach-flea; one of numerous small amphipod crustaceans which hop like fleas on the seashore. A common British species to which the name applies is Talitrus locusta . See beach - flea , and cuts under Amphipod a and Or chest i a. A vast body of sand sand-flood (sand'flud), n. moving or borne along a desert, as in Arabia. Bruce. sand-flounder (sand'flounder), n. A worthle kind of flounder or flatfish, Bothus or Lopho psetta maculatus, nearly related to the European turbot, very common on the Atlantic coast of North America, and also called windowpane, from its translucency. The eyes and color are on the left side; the body is very flat, broadly rhomboid, of a light olive brown marbled with paler, and with many irregular blackish blotches, and the fins are spotted. sand-fluke (sand'flök), n. 1. Same as sandsucker.-2. The smear-dab, Micros tom us kitt or microcephal us. sand-fly (sand'fli), n. 1. A small midge occurring in New England, Simulium ( Ceratopogon ) nocivum of Harris. This is probably the punky of the A dir on dack region of New York.-2. Any member of the Bibionidæ. sand-gall (sand'gâl), n. Same as sand - pipe, 1. sand-gaper (sand' gä" pèr), n. sand-gaper clam, Mya arenaria. The common sand-gla (sand'glas), n. A gla ve el consisting of two equal, nearly conical, and coaxial receptacles connected by a small opening at their vertices, one of which contains sand, which, if the gla is turned, runs through the opening into the other, the amount of sand being so regulated that a certain space of time is exactly measured by its running through. Compare hour - gla , minute - gla . A sand - gla e or houre-gla e, vitreum horologium. Withal's Dict . (ed. 1608), p. 255. ( Nares .) sand-gra (sand grås), n . 1. Gra that grows on sandy soil, as by the sea-shore. The name is peculiarly applied to those gra es which, by their wide spreading and tenacious roots, enable the sandy soil to resist the encroachments of the sea. The sand-gra es, Elymus arenarius, Arundo arenaria, are valuable binding weeds on shifty sandy shores. Henfrey. 2. Specifically, in the United States, Triodia ( Tri cuspis ) purpure a, an annual tufted gra of the Atlantic coast and sandy districts inland. It is of little practical worth. sand-grouse (sand'grous), n. Any bird of the family Pteroclidæ; a pigeon-grouse or rock pigeon, inhabiting sandy deserts of the Old World. The common sand-grouse is Pterocles arenaria; the pin-tailed is P. setarius; Pallas's is Syrrhaptes para doxus; and there are many others. See cuts under gang a, Pterocles, and Syrrhaptes. Also sand - pigeon.