Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock, The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass, Sandstone_ so used in the Pennsylvania petroleum region, where the various beds of petroliferous sandstone are called oil-sands, and designated as first, second, third, etc., in the order in which they are struck in the borings. Similarly, the gas-bearing sandstones are called gas-sands, transitive verb_ To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud, To sprinkle or cover with sand, To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper
Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock, The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass, Sandstone_ so used in the Pennsylvania petroleum region, where the various beds of petroliferous sandstone are called oil-sands, and designated as first, second, third, etc., in the order in which they are struck in the borings. Similarly, the gas-bearing sandstones are called gas-sands, transitive verb_ To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud, To sprinkle or cover with sand, To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper