emery wheel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of emery wheel
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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
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
The line of cross-feed motion of the emery wheel may be set to the required angle as follows.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
To obtain true work in this way, however, it is necessary that the cut taken by the emery wheel be a very light one, as will be perceived from the following considerations.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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