The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
   Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
   1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
      reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
      grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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            That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
            very small pebbles.                   --Woodward.
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   2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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   3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
      time; the term or extent of one's life.
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            The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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   4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
      Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
      by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
      sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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   5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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   Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).


   Sand bag.
      (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
          purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
      (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
          assassins.

   Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
      at the toilet.

   Sand bath.
      (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
          vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
      (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.

   Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
      naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
      sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
      reducing furnace.

   Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
      of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
      tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.


   Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
      other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
      steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
      process.

   Sand box.
      (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
          paper with sand.
      (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
          the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
          slipping.

   Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Hura
      crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
      capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
      report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.

   Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean (Hippa
      talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
      used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.

   Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
      coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
      madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
      function.

   Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]

   Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.

   Sand crab. (Zool.)
      (a) The lady crab.
      (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.

   Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
      coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
      lameness.

   Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
      terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
      allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
      United States.

   Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
      Ophidioid.

   Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder (Limanda
      ferruginea); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
      applied locally to other allied species.

   Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
      valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).

   Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
      flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
      especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.


   Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
      sand.

   Sand eel. (Zool.)
      (a) A lant, or launce.
      (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
          Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.

   Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.

   Sand flea. (Zool.)
      (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
          sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
      (b) The chigoe.
      (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
          orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.

   Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
      --James Bruce.

   Sand fluke. (Zool.)
      (a) The sandnecker.
      (b) The European smooth dab (Pleuronectes
          microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole,
          smear dab, town dab.

   Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
      dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
      sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
      States. They are very troublesome on account of their
      biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
      midge.

   Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.

   Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
      sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
      with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
      growing on the Atlantic coast.

   Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
      birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
      resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock
      grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
      the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
      (Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse (Pterocles
      arenarius), the painted sand grouse (Pterocles
      fasciatus), and the pintail sand grouse (Pterocles
      alchata) are also found in India. See Illust. under
      Pterocletes.

   Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.

   Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane (Grus
      Mexicana).

   Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.

   Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.

   Sand lark. (Zool.)
      (a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
      (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
          sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
      (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel (Aegialophilus
          ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover.

   Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.

   Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard (Lacerta
      agilis).

   Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.

   Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.

   Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor
      arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.

   Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]

   Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.

   Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
      partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
      and the tarsus is spurless. One species (Ammoperdix
      Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
      (Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
      also seesee partridge, and teehoo.

   Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
      colors on an adhesive surface.

   Sand pike. (Zool.)
      (a) The sauger.
      (b) The lizard fish.

   Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
      whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
      those of the Sahara and Mongolia.

   Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
      several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
      rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
      also sand gall.

   Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
      to be the young of larger species; -- called also sand
      prey.

   Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
      with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.


   Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.

   Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.

   Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.

   Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
      of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
      has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
      fine sand; -- called also sand collar.

   Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean (Lepidactylis
      arenarius), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
      Europe and America.

   Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark (Odontaspis
      littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
      United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish
      shark. See Illust. under Remora.

   Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
      lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
      sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.

   Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.

   Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.

   Sand snake. (Zool.)
      (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
          snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
          Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
          and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
      (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
          Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.

   Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.

   Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
      sea bottoms; a brittle star.

   Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.


   Sand sucker, the sandnecker.

   Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.


   Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
      layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
      designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
      hitting balls effectively from such a position.

   Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
      (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
          lightning; a fulgurite.
      (b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
      (c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
          particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
          tube with the madreporic plate.

   Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.

   Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
      hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
      Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
      The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
      which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
      for her young.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
   rocc.]
   1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
      stone or crag. See Stone.
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            Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
            From its firm base as soon as I.      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
      crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
      clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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   3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
      support; a refuge.
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            The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                  2.
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   4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
      the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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   5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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   Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
         self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
         rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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   Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
      rock.] Same as Roche alum.

   Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
      very abundant on rocks washed by tides.

   Rock bass. (Zool.)
      (a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
      (b) The goggle-eye.
      (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
          rock bass.

   Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
      contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
      corals and Foraminifera.

   Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
      of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
      color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
      slate.

   Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
      sugar which are very hard, whence the name.

   Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.

   Rock cod (Zool.)
      (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
          found about rocks andledges.
      (b) A California rockfish.

   Rock cook. (Zool.)
      (a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
      (b) A rockling.

   Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
      are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.


   Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
      crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
      England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
      See Illust. under Cancer.

   Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
      kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
      etc.

   Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
      Crystal.

   Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also rock
      doo.

   Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
      a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
      drilling holes for blasting, etc.

   Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.

   Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.

   Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.

   Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
      See under Penguin.

   Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.

   Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
      spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
      Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also spiny
      lobster, and sea crayfish.

   Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
      occuring as an efflorescence.

   Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.

   Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.

   Rock oil. See Petroleum.

   Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
      (Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
      rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
      green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
      quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
      green.

   Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
      Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
      derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.

   Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.

   Rock plover. (Zool.)
      (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
      (b) The rock snipe.

   Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
      (Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
      tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
      brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
      patches on the back.

   Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.

   Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.

   Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
      in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
      the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
      given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
      from sea water in large basins or cavities.

   Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.

   Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
      allied genera.

   Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
      the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
      rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
      rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.


   Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper (Tringa
      maritima); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
      winter snipe.

   Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
      feel, and adhering to the tongue.

   Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
      (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
          the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
      (b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).

   Rock tar, petroleum.

   Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
      Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
      thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
      of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
      throughout.

   Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Umbilicaria
      Dillenii) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
      America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
      or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
      of extremity.

   Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
      food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
      native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also sea
      trout, boregat, bodieron, and starling.

   Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
      (Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
      water courses; -- called also cataract bird.

   Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
      the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
      California and Mexico.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
   akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
   d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
   the root of E. dive.]
   1. (Zool.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various
      related genera. The species are numerous.
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   Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
         fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was
         derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of
         Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated
         for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or
         Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of
         European species, is Columba palumbus; the Carolina
         dove, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the
         sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or Alle
         alle). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and Rock
         pigeon. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
         gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
         Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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   2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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            O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
                                                  14.
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   3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
      rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.
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   Dove tick (Zool.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests
      doves and other birds.

   Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] Dovecot

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rock pigeon
    n 1: pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from
         which most domestic species are descended [syn: rock
         dove, rock pigeon, Columba livia]