emery wheel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of emery wheel
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Asked how the emery wheel business was now, the General admitted: "Not so good."
From Time Magazine Archive
Under an emery wheel it sent off a shower of hot, brilliant sparks; an acetylene torch wouldn't melt it.
From Time Magazine Archive
His energy was abrasive, and where it touched the world, it threw off hot, stinging little sparks like an emery wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
In grinding cutters having their teeth a right-hand spiral, care must be taken that in grinding one tooth the emery wheel does not touch the cutting edge of the next tooth.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The emery wheel n is mounted beneath a table t, whose upper surface is planed true, and which has two cylindrical stems c d fitting into the bored guides e.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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