emery

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Emery

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

emery (usually uncountable, plural emeries)

  1. (petrology) 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.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

emery (third-person singular simple present emeries, present participle emerying, simple past and past participle emeried)

  1. (transitive) To sand or polish with emery.
  2. (transitive) To coat with emery.

Translations

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]