sand-bedn.

Etymology: < sand n.² + bed n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsand-bed.

a. A bed, layer or stratum of sand.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > sand

sand-bed?a1500

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?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 798/13 Hec sertis, a sandbedde.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sablonniere, a sand bed.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 137 Factitious islands..have been made..by..the aggestion of sands and sand-beds.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 969 Where the strata are connected with rivers, sand-beds filled with water, or marsh lands.

1889 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks x. 303 Micaceous sand-bed.

1889 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks x. 304 It reposes on a sand-bed.

b. transferred. One who ‘absorbs’ much liquor; a toper. Scottish (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).

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1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. x. 244 That sand-bed, 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.

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1873 R. Hunt Weale's Dict. Terms (at cited word) The side troughs in the sand-bed are called pigs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sand-bed
释义	sand-bedn. Etymology: < sand n.² + bed n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsand-bed. 1. a. A bed, layer or stratum of sand. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > sand sand-bed?a1500 scalping1747 sand1849 ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 798/13 Hec sertis, a sandbedde. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sablonniere, a sand bed. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 137 Factitious islands..have been made..by..the aggestion of sands and sand-beds. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 969 Where the strata are connected with rivers, sand-beds filled with water, or marsh lands. 1889 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks x. 303 Micaceous sand-bed. 1889 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks x. 304 It reposes on a sand-bed. b. transferred. One who ‘absorbs’ much liquor; a toper. Scottish (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΚΠ 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. x. 244 That sand-bed, 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. ΚΠ 1873 R. Hunt Weale's Dict. Terms (at cited word) The side troughs in the sand-bed are called pigs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1500
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