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A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.

A unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts.

One thousand watts.

he coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.

A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.

ard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden. Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Matt. vii. 7. To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] "Knocking about town…

A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.…

Sandalwood (Santalum album).

One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies]

To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.

b (Zoöl.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. of Fern. -- Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen.…

Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.

f the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

he common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.

Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.

Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.

An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.

ratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.

by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

s common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.