n. The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perh. fr. OF. saïn grease, fat + de of + verre glass (cf. Saim), or fr. F. sel de verre sandiver. ] A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also
‖n. [ L. sandix, sandyx, vermilion, or a color like vermilion, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.