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ˈsand-bed
[f. sand n.2 + bed n.]
1. A bed, layer or stratum of sand.
c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 798/13 Hec sertis, a sandbedde. 1611Cotgr., Sablonniere, a sand bed. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth i. 137 Factitious islands..have been made..by..the aggestion of sands and sand-beds. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 969 Where the strata are connected with rivers, sand-beds filled with water, or marsh lands. 1889C. T. Davis Treat. Manuf. Bricks x. 303 Micaceous sand-bed. Ibid. 304 It reposes on a sand-bed.
b. transf. One who ‘absorbs’ much liquor; a toper. Sc. (see E.D.D.).
1824Scott St. Ronan's xxiii, That sandbed old MacTurk, upon whom whole hogsheads make no impression.
2. Founding. A bed of sand into which the iron from a blast-furnace is run; also, any bed of sand in which castings are made.
1873R. Hunt Weale's Dict. Terms s.v., The side troughs in the sand-bed are called pigs. |