sharp sand

The sleet and snow blasted at them like sharp sand.

Use a 1 part cement to 5 parts sharp sand mixture (as used for bedding slabs).

Finally, it turned into a half-gale, carrying dust and grains of sharp sand that made their eyes smart.

Sharp sand or coarse gravel will damage their whiskers.

His head had begun to hurt him again, and his own eyes felt as if he had sharp sand under their lids.

The blowing of millions of sharp sand grains creates a sandblasting effects.

Sprinkle sharp sand along the slit - enough to fill in the bottom 4-5 inches (10-12cm) or so.

Gray shards like sharp sand lay everywhere.

For soil, use coarse sharp sand (sieved river sand).

Store carrots, beetroot, swede and turnips - not touching - in boxes of sharp sand.

It was hard, smooth sand, very different from the loose, sharp sand, mingled with kelp and shells, at Brewster.

For what seemed hours he walked the dunes, his feet turned bloody by the sharp sand, his body, dusted by the grains, tinged blue.

There is no looking ahead in such a wind, and the bite of the small sharp sand on exposed skin is keener than any insect sting.

A typical modern lime mortar mix would be 1 part lime putty to 3 parts washed, well graded, sharp sand.

The playing surface of the ring is approximately 3 inches above the level of the ground and is covered in sharp sand at the start each game.

No concrete is needed to secure the blocks: this is done by vibrating fine sharp sand down between them, which anchors them very firmly in place.

FILL basket almost to the brim with a mix of one part sharp sand to three parts loam-based potting compost.

The soil mix is 15-40 percent non-expansive clay, 25-40 percent silt powder, and sharp sand to small gravel content of 40-70 percent.

I suggest you repoint the walls using a 6:1:1 mix of sharp sand, hydrated lime and sulfate-resisting cement.

Sometime before, he had been within Glimmung, and now he trudged painfully, the sharp sand lancing his feet as he struggled on.

Past the Gentt lies the Plain of Sharp Sand, a desperate crossing under good conditions-which these aren't.

They dwell much of each year on the Plain of Sharp Sand, trapping the wild spike-sloths that lurk in caves, under the dunes.

Remove the lower leaves and thorns and place about 6in deep and 6in apart in a trench, poking them into a layer of sharp sand.

The maze of speckled canyons spanned all the way to a band of blazing white-the Plain of Sharp Sand.

Her single nostril flared, revealing the twisty membranes that lock in moisture, making urrish breath as dry as wind off the Plain of Sharp Sand.