Punky

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

  Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
     Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
     1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
        reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
        grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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              That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
              very small pebbles.                   --Woodward.
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     2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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     3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
        time; the term or extent of one's life.
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              The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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     4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
        Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
        by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
        sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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     5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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     {Sand badger} (Zool.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}).
        
  
     {Sand bag}.
        (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
            purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
        (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
            assassins.
  
     {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
        at the toilet.
  
     {Sand bath}.
        (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
            vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
        (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
  
     {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
        naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
        sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
        reducing furnace.
  
     {Sand birds} (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
        of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
        tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}.
        
  
     {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
        other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
        steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
        process.
  
     {Sand box}.
        (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
            paper with sand.
        (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
            the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
            slipping.
  
     {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
        crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
        capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
        report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}.
  
     {Sand bug} (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
        talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
        used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}.
  
     {Sand canal} (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
        coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
        madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
        function.
  
     {Sand cock} (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Sand collar}. (Zool.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below.
  
     {Sand crab}. (Zool.)
        (a) The lady crab.
        (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
  
     {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
        coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
        lameness.
  
     {Sand cricket} (Zool.), any one of several species of large
        terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and
        allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
        United States.
  
     {Sand cusk} (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under
        {Ophidioid}.
  
     {Sand dab} (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
        ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also
        applied locally to other allied species.
  
     {Sand darter} (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
        valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}).
  
     {Sand dollar} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
        flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
        especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast.
        
  
     {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
        sand.
  
     {Sand eel}. (Zool.)
        (a) A lant, or launce.
        (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
            {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth.
  
     {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
  
     {Sand flea}. (Zool.)
        (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
            sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
        (b) The chigoe.
        (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
            orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}.
  
     {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
        --James Bruce.
  
     {Sand fluke}. (Zool.)
        (a) The sandnecker.
        (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
            microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole},
            {smear dab}, {town dab}.
  
     {Sand fly} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
        dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on
        sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United
        States. They are very troublesome on account of their
        biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and
        {midge}.
  
     {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below.
  
     {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
        sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea})
        with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
        growing on the Atlantic coast.
  
     {Sand grouse} (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
        birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
        resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
        grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to
        the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species
        ({Pterocles exustus}). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
        arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
        fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
        alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
        {Pterocletes}.
  
     {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune.
  
     {Sand-hill crane} (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
        Mexicana}).
  
     {Sand hopper} (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
  
     {Sand hornet} (Zool.), a sand wasp.
  
     {Sand lark}. (Zool.)
        (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India.
        (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
            sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
        (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
            ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}.
  
     {Sand launce} (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
  
     {Sand lizard} (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
        agilis}).
  
     {Sand martin} (Zool.), the bank swallow.
  
     {Sand mole} (Zool.), the coast rat.
  
     {Sand monitor} (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
        arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
  
     {Sand mouse} (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}.
  
     {Sand partridge} (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
        partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long
        and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
        Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
        ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
        also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}.
  
     {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different
        colors on an adhesive surface.
  
     {Sand pike}. (Zool.)
        (a) The sauger.
        (b) The lizard fish.
  
     {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a
        whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
        those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
  
     {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
        several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
        rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
        also {sand gall}.
  
     {Sand pride} (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
        to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
        prey}.
  
     {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
        with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
        
  
     {Sand rat} (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
  
     {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand.
  
     {Sand runner} (Zool.), the turnstone.
  
     {Sand saucer} (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
        of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It
        has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
        fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}.
  
     {Sand screw} (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
        arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
        Europe and America.
  
     {Sand shark} (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
        littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
        United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish
        shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}.
  
     {Sand skink} (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
        lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated
        sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe.
  
     {Sand skipper} (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
  
     {Sand smelt} (Zool.), a silverside.
  
     {Sand snake}. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
            snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe,
            Africa, and Asia, especially {Eryx jaculus} of India
            and {Eryx Johnii}, used by snake charmers.
        (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
            {Psammophis}, especially {Psammophis sibilans}.
  
     {Sand snipe} (Zool.), the sandpiper.
  
     {Sand star} (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
        sea bottoms; a brittle star.
  
     {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
        
  
     {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker.
  
     {Sand swallow} (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}.
        
  
     {Sand trap}, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
        layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
        designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
        hitting balls effectively from such a position.
  
     {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially:
        (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
            lightning; a fulgurite.
        (b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
        (c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
            particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
            tube with the madreporic plate.
  
     {Sand viper}. (Zool.) See {Hognose snake}.
  
     {Sand wasp} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
        hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
        {Pompilidae} and {Spheridae}, which dig burrows in sand.
        The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
        which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
        for her young.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  punky
       n : minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and
           birds and other insects [syn: {punkie}, {punkey}, {no-see-um},
            {biting midge}]