Sänd'wich1, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. Two pieces of bread and butter, with a thin slice of ham or other salt meat between them;—said to have been a favorite dish of the Earl of Sandwich. Grose.
2 entries under this word
Sandwich
Sănd'wich2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. SANDWICHED (sănd'-wicht); p. pr. & vb. n. SANDWICHING.]
- To make into a sandwich; hence, humorously, to insert between something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or alternating layers of different nature; to interlard.
- (Eng.) To fit between other parts; to form an inner lamina; as, sandwiched way, in which one of the rails of a railway (a), is sandwiched between the longitudinal sleepers (b c).
Sandwiched Way.
