sandbed

Glenvarloch had seen Scottish lairds and Dutch burgomasters at their potations; but their exploits (though each might be termed a thirsty generation) were nothing to those of Duke Hildebrod, who seemed an absolute sandbed, capable of absorbing any given quantity of liquid, without being either vivified or overflowed.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

There was the fallen, half-rotted log under which the swift current had dug a deep hole in the sandbed for the big fellows to haunt and pounce out upon bits of food which floated by.

A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely

She said she was in de kitchen up at de big house a-cookin 'and me and my sisters was out in de yard in de sandbed a-playin' wid de little white chillun when dem yankee sojers come.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

They are in the water, in the sandbed, on the glass and in the rockwork.

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They are in the water, in the sandbed, on the glass and in the rockwork.

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“Yes,” said Mowbray, “that sandbed, old MacTurk, upon whom whole hogsheads make no impression, did make a bad boy of me — but the day is over, and they will scarce catch me in such another scrape. —

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

(though each might be termed a thirsty generation) were nothing to those of Duke Hildebrod, who seemed an absolute sandbed, capable of absorbing any given quantity of liquid, without being either vivified or overflowed.

The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801

We must have no fluid oozing through the walls or the floor of the kennel, and producing damp and unhealthy vapours, such as we find in the sandbed. "

The Dog William Youatt 1811

"Yes," said Mowbray, "that sandbed, old MacTurk, upon whom whole hogsheads make no impression, did make a bad boy of me -- but the day is over, and they will scarce catch me in such another scrape.

St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801