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shift·ing sand
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shifting sand
A bank, of which the sand, being incoherent, is subject to removal or being driven about by the violence of the sea or the power of under-currents. Very accurate experiments have proved that the sands at the mouths of rivers are differently acted on during every hour of tide (or wind together); hence sands shift, and even stop up or render some channels unsafe.
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shifting sand
Read the full text of the Shifting Sand poem by Charles Henry Souter on the Poetry.com website.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shifting sand in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shifting sand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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