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emery wheel

emery wheel

noun

  1. a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of emery wheel1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

If an emery wheel mounted in a polishing head or lathe is at hand, this can be easily accomplished.

A tight-fitting wood plug is driven into the throughway of the tee and the ends ground off flush on the emery wheel.

It is frequently the case that an emery wheel will become glazed, due to its extreme hardness.

Basils for gaiters are dyed in paddle and fluffed over the emery wheel.

There were nineteen of them, and a few burns from an emery wheel quickly put each one “out of sight.”

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