Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sandwich

Sandwich (?; 277) , noun

[Named from the Earl of Sandwich.]

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

Sandwich , transitive verb

To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.