sander

A person employed to sand wood.

A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.

• The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.

A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.

• Grass growing on the track made the running far from easy, and only frequent use of the sanders enabled us to breast the 1 in 50 gradients between Letterkenny and Kilmacrenon [sic].

A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.historical