river sandn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪvə ˌsand/, U.S.

/ˈrɪvər ˌsænd/

Forms: see river n.¹ and sand n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: river n.¹, sand n.²

Etymology: < river n.¹ + sand n.²

Sand collected from the bed of a river or stream, for use in gardening, manufacturing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > sand > [noun] > types of

river sand1579

callis sand1594

pit sand1700

greensand1831

1579 Hill's Profitable Art Gardening (new ed.) i. ix. 19 If ye set anye yong trees in that grounde, let that thereaboute be myxed wyth sweete Earthe and Ryuer sande.

1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa i. lii. 45 Make a Paste of two parts of Potters-earth well-dry'd, two parts of brok'n Butter-pots, both beat'n into fine powder, and one part of River-sand.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 6 Also to River or Sea Sand, if you put a third part of Powder of Tiles.., it works the better.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 35 There are three sorts of Sand, Pit-sand, River-sand, and Sea-sand.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 475/2 The manufactories are restricted to the use of the commonest kind of sea or river sand.

1870 tr. Baron von Richthofen's Lett. (1874) 4 River-sand, of which probably millions of tons are yearly carried over these places.

1930 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 17 226 Four seedlings were planted in a three-inch pot and the pot sunk to one-third its depth in clean river sand.

1962 Times 1 Sept. 9/1 We sift the sand, which is supposed to be washed river sand, over a sixteenth of an inch sieve.

2005 D. J. Harrison et al. in B. R. Marker et al. Sustainable Min. Operations Devel. World 35 The economic and environmental geology of river sand and gravel mining in developing countries is poorly known.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

river sand n. In plural a sandbank by a river.

ΚΠ

1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 184 Dust Gold is the common Traffick, the best comes hither from the neighbouring island Kingdoms of Dinkara, Akim, and Arcana, and is got (we are told) out of the River-Sands.

1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 33 Its remains, like those of the mastodon, are found at the bottom of swamps and in the upper strata of river sands.

2008 Sunday Independent (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Dec. 32 What is this thing that looks like a crab from the river sands?

单词	river sand
释义	river sandn. Brit. /ˈrɪvə ˌsand/, U.S. /ˈrɪvər ˌsænd/ Forms: see river n.¹ and sand n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: river n.¹, sand n.² Etymology: < river n.¹ + sand n.² Sand collected from the bed of a river or stream, for use in gardening, manufacturing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > sand > [noun] > types of river sand1579 callis sand1594 pit sand1700 greensand1831 1579 Hill's Profitable Art Gardening (new ed.) i. ix. 19 If ye set anye yong trees in that grounde, let that thereaboute be myxed wyth sweete Earthe and Ryuer sande. 1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa i. lii. 45 Make a Paste of two parts of Potters-earth well-dry'd, two parts of brok'n Butter-pots, both beat'n into fine powder, and one part of River-sand. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 6 Also to River or Sea Sand, if you put a third part of Powder of Tiles.., it works the better. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 35 There are three sorts of Sand, Pit-sand, River-sand, and Sea-sand. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 475/2 The manufactories are restricted to the use of the commonest kind of sea or river sand. 1870 tr. Baron von Richthofen's Lett. (1874) 4 River-sand, of which probably millions of tons are yearly carried over these places. 1930 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 17 226 Four seedlings were planted in a three-inch pot and the pot sunk to one-third its depth in clean river sand. 1962 Times 1 Sept. 9/1 We sift the sand, which is supposed to be washed river sand, over a sixteenth of an inch sieve. 2005 D. J. Harrison et al. in B. R. Marker et al. Sustainable Min. Operations Devel. World 35 The economic and environmental geology of river sand and gravel mining in developing countries is poorly known. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas river sand river sand n. In plural a sandbank by a river. ΚΠ 1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 184 Dust Gold is the common Traffick, the best comes hither from the neighbouring island Kingdoms of Dinkara, Akim, and Arcana, and is got (we are told) out of the River-Sands. 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 33 Its remains, like those of the mastodon, are found at the bottom of swamps and in the upper strata of river sands. 2008 Sunday Independent (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Dec. 32 What is this thing that looks like a crab from the river sands? extracted from rivern.¹ < n.1579 as lemmas
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river sandn.

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