(a) Sand; also, a grain of sand; -- also used with ref. to the innumerability of grains of sand; graines of sandes; smal ~, a small amount of sand; (b) sand as a building or paving material, esp. as an ingredient of cement or mortar; gravel ~, ?coarse sand; (c) sand as a medicinal ingredient; (d) sand as an unstable foundation for building; (e) ?dust; (f) ~ banke, a bank of sand; ~ bed, a sandpit; ~ corn [OE sand-corn], a grain of sand; ~ crel, a large basket for carrying sand; ~ hille [OE sand-hyll], a sand hill; ~ ledere, a carrier or carter of sand; ~ mol, ?a fee paid for digging sand; ~ pit [OE sand-pytt], a sandpit; ~ poke, a bag for carrying sand, sandbag; ~ ston, ?sandstone.

(a) The sandy or dusty surface of the ground; pl. sandy ground; marken upon ~, to create (Adam) out of dust; (b) a desert; pl. desert wastes; ~ and gravel, the desert; (c) the sandy bottom of the sea; -- also pl.; also, a sandbank, shoal; also, a sandy causeway [quot.: Mannyng]; se ~ [see se n.(1) 1.(e)]; seilen over ~, to sail away, sail across the sea; (d) a sandy beach; shore; also, the sandy bank of a river [quot.: a1387]; pl. tracts of sand along a shore; also, the banks of a river [quot.: MOTest.]; se ~ [see se n.(1) 1.(e)]; (e) ~ ele (lenge), the sand launce, a small elongate marine fish of the genus Ammodytes that remains buried in sandy beaches at ebb tide; (f) ~ contre, an area with sandy soil.

The land as distinct from the sea, rivers, etc.; dry land; ~ and se, se and sand(es, sonne and se and ~, bi ~ and se, bi se and ~, etc.

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names, street names, etc. [see Smith PNElem.2.94, 97, 118].