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Webster 1913 Edition
Emery
Em′er-y
,Noun.
[F.
émeri
, earlier émeril
, It. smeriglio
, fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], [GREEK], cf. [GREEK] to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear
. Cf. Emeril
.] (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
. Emery board
, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient.
– Emery cloth
or Emery paper
cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.
– Emery wheel
, 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, a glazer
.Webster 1828 Edition
Emery
EM'ERY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Emery
Emery
See also: emery
English
Proper noun
Emery
- A surname.
- A male given name, today often transferred back from the surname.
- A female given name used in the 2000s, also associated with the mineral emery.
- A city in South Dakota.
- A town in Utah.
- A town in Wisconsin.
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emery
See also: Emery
English
Noun
emery (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
- It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of emery, but without a lathe. I finally used rouge instead of emery in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.
- 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
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mineral
Verb
emery (third-person singular simple present emeries, present participle emerying, simple past and past participle emeried)
- (transitive) To sand or polish with emery.