sandblast

A method of engraving and cutting gla and other hard materials by the percu ive force of particles of sand driven by a steam or air blast. Called also Sand-jet. sand-blind, adject . Having a defect in the eyes, through which small particles appear to fly or float before them; purblind. "My true begotten father, being more than sand-blind, high gravel-blind, knows me not." -Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , ii. 2. sand-blindne , subst. The state of being sand blind. IMG:content-0927.png:[blocks in formation] Found.: When the heat of the melted metal cast into a mold affects the surface of the sand so as to subject it to a partial fusion, whereby it adheres to 1. The sand in a sand-gla or hour-gla ; hence, and even unites more or le with the surface of the used for the time one has to live; life. "Our sands are almost run." Shakesp.: Pericles , v. 2. 2. Courage, pluck, grit. ( Slang.) Brain sand: Anat .: Single or aggregated, and nodular dark bodies found in the pineal-gland, the choroid plexus, and occasionally in the pia mater , the arachnoid membrane, and the walls of the ventricles. ( Griffith & Henfrey .)