Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To polish by rubbing with glass-paper.
- noun A fine kind of sandpaper made with powdered glass.
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Examples
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The back of the photo will require to be rubbed with glass-paper, if it is a thick one; not otherwise, for fear of making holes in it.
Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Various
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Now rub it gently with the glass-paper, until the picture is rendered semi-transparent.
Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Various
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Meanwhile he is whistling, and his batman is making sparks fly out of the buttons, which he cleans with glass-paper and gun-cotton just outside the door.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 Various
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She had plates of steel to polish, and pieces of wood to rub smooth with glass-paper.
The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904
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But, 'he added, with a cunning leer,' give 'em a bit of putty and a little bit of glass-paper, and the paint at the stand, and then 'e gits it in' is mind as 'e's going in there to paint it!
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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But it would have been done properly, not messed up like that was: all the woodwork would have been rubbed down with pumice stone and water: all the knots cut out and the holes properly filled up, and the work properly rubbed down with glass-paper between every coat.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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Eighty-four of them were sold in a box for twenty-five cents, with a piece of "glass-paper" through which the match could be drawn.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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The glass-paper file before referred to will now come into service; it should be made of a nicely-squared plate of wood about six inches in length by about two and a half inches in width, with about one third of an inch in depth.
The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879
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If attention is paid to this, and a satisfactory even run of surface is obtained, glass-paper on a piece of straight, soft wood, but not of the finest degree, will be suitable for the present.
The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879
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For the inside a piece of glass-paper folded over a curved block of wood, or the actual mould that has been in use, will serve the purpose if not too large.
The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879
vendingmachine commented on the word glass-paper
Apparently, there are several kinds of sandpaper. Perhaps this is listworthy.
February 15, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word glass-paper
Excellent idea. I nominate you to create that list, vendingmachine.
February 15, 2015
qms commented on the word glass-paper
Confirmation of my belief that there are numberless ways of being abrasive.
February 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word glass-paper
Not to be confused with ass-paper, which is preferably not abrasive.
February 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word glass-paper
Honey I Borked The Front Page.
I did have an emphasis code in that comment but it theN applied itsel' to all the comments on this page and on the Community aka front page. Editing the comment gives you no way to check whether the code is correct because it's invisible. I was only able to 'fix' the problem by deleting the comment entirely. COST ME ANOTHER TWO CENTS TO REPOST COMMENT!
February 15, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word glass-paper
I decided against making a comment about how I'm all about that bass-paper--so I still have the two cents I saved, if you'd like to borrow them.
February 15, 2015