emerize

American  

[em-uh-rahyz] / ˈɛm əˌraɪz /

especially British, emerise

verb (used with object)

emerized, emerizing

1. to finish (fabric) with a cylinder covered with emery in order to make the raised nap even and give luster to the fabric.

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Etymology

Origin of emerize

emer(y) + -ize