Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physical geography, a low ridge of sand formed by waves or currents of water.
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Examples
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A big sand-wave struck her, she wheeled in her tracks and raced straight for a pier, down the stream.
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So we climbed to the top of the sand-wave, where Allison and Jeff switched on the flashlights and Grim stood bathed in light with the white flag waving slowly as high over his head as he could hold it.
Jimgrim Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1931
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He started on a run, racing in and out among the sage-bushes a matter of three hundred yards, and disappeared over a sand-wave; the others struggled after him, caught him up, and found him waiting.
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And she unpinned her hat and waved it, standing amongst the thickly-growing poppies and chamomile on the high crest of the sand-wave, while her shadow -- a squat, blue dwarf with arms out of all proportion -- flourished and gesticulated at her feet.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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He started on a run, racing in and out among the sage-bushes a matter of three hundred yards, and disappeared over a sand-wave; the others struggled after him, caught him up, and found him waiting.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story Mark Twain 1872
ruzuzu commented on the word sand-wave
See citation on globed.
March 11, 2011
bilby commented on the word sand-wave
I will. But please don't tell yarb, he thinks I'm reading Rabelais.
March 11, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word sand-wave
Yarb is so demanding!
March 11, 2011
yarb commented on the word sand-wave
Go and read Rabelais, right now!
March 11, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word sand-wave
*whines* But I haven't finished Master and Commander yet.
March 11, 2011