emery wheel

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noun

grinding wheel.

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Origin of emery wheel

First recorded in 1850–55

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On the end of the emery-wheel spindle is a feed lever, by means of which the emery-wheel may be fed along the lathe centre.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
The emery-wheel and gear pinion d are fast together, and a pin passes through and holds g and h together.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
It is manufactured into wheels, in structure like the emery-wheel, and serves the same purpose.
Electricity and Magnetism|Elisha Gray
In this device the emery-wheel is driven by belt power as follows.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose

Now an emery-wheel will take a cut whose fineness is simply limited by the wear of the wheel in the length of the cut.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose

British Dictionary definitions for emery wheel

emery wheel

noun

a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles

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emery wheel

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emery wheel

noun