sea-sand

He saw her form get smaller and smaller along the damp belt of sea-sand between ebb and flood; and when she had vanished round the cliff into the harbour-road, he himself followed in the same direction.

Wessex Tales 2006

In nearly all the rivers good sections of the formation may be seen in their deeply-cleft banks, broad, light-coloured bands of pumice, with a few inches of rich, black, vegetable soil above, and several feet of black sea-sand below.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

In order to accumulate the necessary amount of fine sea-sand, he ordered the steward to prepare for an elaborate system of top-dressing all the grounds.

The Lair of the White Worm 2003

To carry the scheme into practice great store of fine sea-sand — the kind that blows about and is used to fill hour-glasses — was provided throughout the building, especially at the points liable to attack, from which it could be brought into use.

The Lair of the White Worm 2003

The round stones lying in the niches were whitened somewhat with sea-sand which the wind had no doubt driven through the door.

Salammbo 2003

THE sea-sand drifts about my feet and whitens on the dunes,

The Lighthouse and the Whistling-Buoy. 1997

After slaking it, mix your mortar, if using pitsand, in the proportions of three parts of sand to one of lime; if using river or sea-sand, mix two parts of sand with one of lime.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

Furthermore, when sea-sand is used in walls and these are coated with stucco, a salty efflorescence is given out which spoils the surface.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

Further, in using river or sea-sand, the addition of a third part composed of burnt brick, pounded up and sifted, will make your mortar of a better composition to use.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

Fill a pot with soil taken from the top nine inches of an arable field or untrenched part of the garden; another with subsoil taken from the lower depth, 9 to 18 inches, and a third with clean builder's sand or washed sea-sand.

Lessons on Soil E. J. Russell