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Sanded


SAND'ED, participle passive

1. Sprinkled with sand; as a sanded floor.

2. adjective Covered with sand; barren.

3. Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.

4. Short sighted.

SAND'-EEL, noun The ammodyte, a fish that resembles an eel. It seldom exceeds a foot in length; its head is compressed, the upper jaw larger than the under one, the body cylindrical, with scales hardly perceptible. There is one species only, a native of Europe. It coils with its head in the center, and penetrates into the sand; whence its name in Greek and English. It is a delicate food.