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. [ Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore. ] (Zool.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also
n. [ See Sandal. ] An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Saunders-blue. [ 1913 Webster ]