sandish
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English sandishe, sondisshe, equivalent to sand + -ish.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ændɪʃ
Adjective edit
sandish (comparative more sandish, superlative most sandish)
- Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] ”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- Sandish Earth
References edit
- “sandish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.