Saunders

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saunders \Saun"ders\, n.
     See {Sandress}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar.
     [,c]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr.
     candana. Cf. {Sanders}.] (Bot.)
     (a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian
         and Polynesian tree ({Santalum album}), and of several
         other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum
         Freycinetianum} and {Santalum pyrularium}, the Australian
         {Santalum latifolium}, etc. The name is extended to
         several other kinds of fragrant wood.
     (b) Any tree of the genus {Santalum}, or a tree which yields
         sandalwood.
     (c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for
         dyeing leather ({Rhamnus Dahuricus}).
         [1913 Webster]
  
     {False sandalwood}, the fragrant wood of several trees not of
        the genus {Santalum}, as {Ximenia Americana}, {Myoporum
        tenuifolium} of Tahiti.
  
     {Red sandalwood}, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the
        heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus
        santalinus}, and {Adenanthera pavonina}); -- called also
        {red sanderswood}, {sanders} or {saunders}, and
        {rubywood}.
        [1913 Webster] Sandarach

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Saunders -- U.S. County in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    19830
     Housing Units (2000): 8266
     Land area (2000):     753.895158 sq. miles (1952.579413 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    4.921790 sq. miles (12.747377 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    758.816948 sq. miles (1965.326790 sq. km)
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             41.218350 N, 96.606171 W
     Headwords:
      Saunders
      Saunders, NE
      Saunders County
      Saunders County, NE