1869. J. F. Blanche, `The Prince's Visit,' p. 20:
"The Prince was suff'ring from the sandy blight."
1870. E. B. Kennedy, `Four Years in Queensland,' p. 46:
"Sandy-blight occurs generally in sandy districts in the North Kennedy; it may be avoided by ordinary care, and washing the eyes after a hot ride through sandy country. It is a species of mild ophthalmia."
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 78:
"He had pretty near lost his eyesight with the sandy blight, which made him put his head forward when he spoke, as if he took you for some one else, or was looking for what he couldn't find."
<hw>Sarcophile</hw>, and <hw>Sarcophilus</hw>, <i>n</i>. the scientific name of the genus of carnivorous marsupial animals of which the <i>Tasmanian Devil</i> (q.v.) is the only known living species.(Grk. <i>sarkos</i>, flesh, and <i>philein</i>, to love.)
<hw>Sardine</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Australia to a fresh-water fish, <i>Chatoessus erebi</i>, Richards., of the herring tribe, occurring in West and North-West Australia, and in Queensland rivers, and which is called in the Brisbane river the <i>Sardine</i>. It is the <i>Bony Bream</i> of the New South Wales rivers, and the <i>Perth Herring</i> of Western Australia.
<hw>Sarsaparilla, Australian</hw> or <hw>Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) An ornamental climbing shrub, <i>Hardenbergia monophylla</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. Formerly called <i>Kennedya</i> (q.v.).
(2) <i>Smilax glycyphylla</i>, Smith, <i>N.0. Liliaceae</i>.