sandy

adj

Etymology: From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

1. Covered with sand.
2. Sprinkled with sand.
3. Containing sand.

   “Some plants grow best in sandy soil.”

4. Like sand, especially in texture.

   “Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”

5. Having the colour of sand.

name

Etymology: * (Bedfordshire): Recorded as Sandeie in the Domesday Book, the town is named with Old English sand (“sand”) + īeġ (“island”). Doublet of Sanday. * (Carmarthenshire): From Welsh sant + dŷ (“house of the saint”) * (Tyneside (Geordie)): sand + -y

1. A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649).
2. A settlement in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales, just west of Llanelli town (OS grid ref SN4900).

noun

1. A Scotsman.
2. The callsign of an aircraft participating in CAS (close air support)
3. The callsign of an aircraft participating in CAS (close air support)