in wet sand

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• sand|cul|ture — «SAND KUHL chuhr», noun. a method of growing plants in wet sand, nutrients and moisture being supplied by means of regular feeding with a weak solution of the necessary chemicals …   Useful english dictionary

• Sand art and play — A sand castle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The two basic building ingredients, sand and water, available in abundance on a sandy beach, so most sand play takes place there, or in a sandpit. Tidal… …   Wikipedia

• sand —   One.    ♦ White sand, one kea, ōkea, kea.    ♦ Black cindery sand, pa u ahi.    ♦ Black lava sand, one ā.    ♦ Fine sand, one ae ae, hune one.    ♦ Sand beach, kahaone, ae one, papa kea.    ♦ Sand heap, pu u one.    ♦ Sand pellets, kūkae ōhiki …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• sand flow —     a) A flow of wet sand, as along banks of noncohesive clean sand that is subject to scour and to repeated fluctuations in pore water pressure due to rise and fall of the tide.     b) A flow of loose, dry sand, as along the slip face of a sand… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• sand sucker — noun 1. : corbina 1 2. : sand pump a * * * sand sucker, 1. a pump that removes wet sand, silt, or mud from an area: »Both expeditions made feverish plans to go after the copper Iode with sand suckers and…power shovels (Newsweek) …   Useful english dictionary

• sand pump — noun : a pump for removing wet sand, mud, or silt: as a. : a centrifugal pump used on a floating dredging machine b. : a simple plunger pump with a nonreturn valve at the bottom usually used for cleaning out a borehole …   Useful english dictionary

• Sand casting — Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material. It is relatively cheap and sufficiently refractory even for steel foundry use. A suitable bonding agent (usually clay)… …   Wikipedia

• Sand — Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sand badger — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sand bag — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sand ball — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English