Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fine-grained impure corundum used for grinding and polishing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A granular mineral substance belonging to the species corundum, which when pure consists of alumina with slight traces of various metallic oxids.
- To coat or cover with emery, as in making emery-cloth, emery-paper, or the like.
- To rub or polish with emery or with emery-paper, emery-cloth, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under
corundum . - noun cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient.
- noun cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.
- noun a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a
buff wheel , and by the manufacturers of cutlery, aglazer .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy An impure type of
corundum , often used forsanding orpolishing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Still another variety, greyish-black and generally associated with hæmatite iron ore, is called emery, and, when ground in different degrees of fineness, is so well known by its general use as a polishing medium as to need no description.
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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Herein also is the kind of corundum known as emery, and esteemed for its polishing properties.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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Several authors mention the use of emery, which technically is a fine sand made from a very hard form of aluminum oxide (corundum) which has a Mohs scale hardness of 9, but the term has been used loosely as "emery" per se was not available in Egypt.
Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2009 - Field Note 3 2002
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Other ingredients, such as emery, may also be added in the matrix; and
Chapter 7 1984
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These prizes should be Hallow-e'en souvenirs, such as emery cushions of silk representing tomatoes, radishes, apples, pears, pickles; or pen-wipers representing brooms, bats, cats, witches, etc. FLOUR TEST
Games for Hallow-e'en Mary E. Blain
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In safety matches _red_ phosphorus, an oxidizing agent, and some gritty material such as emery is placed on the side of the box, while the match tip is provided as before with an oxidizing agent and an easily oxidized substance, usually antimony sulphide.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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These prizes should be Hallow-e'en souvenirs, such as emery cushions of silk representing tomatoes, radishes, apples, pears, pickles; or pen-wipers representing brooms, bats, cats, witches, etc. CANDLE AND APPLE
Games For All Occasions Mary E. Blain
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If it is to be made into polished plate it must be ground down first with sand and water; then ground smoother still with a coarse kind of emery stone and water; next ground again with water and powdered emery stone.
The Story of Glass Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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The diamond was not very well known among the ancients; and if we add to this reason the similarity between the words smiris, the Egyptian asmir, "emery", a species of corindon used to polish precious stones, and shmyr, the Hebrew word supposed to mean the diamond, we may conclude with probability that the limpid corindon was intended.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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"What is known as emery is the more or less impure product from the same source.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns Roger Thompson Finlay
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