Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vast body of sand moving or borne along a desert, as in Arabia.
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Examples
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Loftus considers this sand-flood as the "vanguard of those vast drifts which advancing from the south-east, threaten eventually to overwhelm Babylon and Baghdad."
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 05 (historical) 1874
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Loftus considers this sand-flood as the "vanguard of those vast drifts which advancing from the south-east, threaten eventually to overwhelm Babylon and Baghdad."
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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The sphynx, buried almost up to the head, till the French cleared her down to the back, attested equally the desolating progress of this mighty sand-flood. "
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various
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