emery cloth
Americannoun
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Should you want to polish metal, you’d do well to work with emery cloth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
If, then, the surface is narrow, so that there is no opportunity to move the emery cloth endways on the work, emery paper should be used.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It now remains only to go over the whole box with glass paper or emery cloth, and to glue a diamond of coarse glass paper to one end for striking the matches on.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
In case the terminals become corroded, rub them with a piece of fine emery cloth to remove corrosion.
From Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use by Fowler, Arthur L.
The emery cloth is pressed lightly to the work and allowed to become well worn so as to obtain a fine lustre without leaving any streaks.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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