Emery

[em-uh-ree, em-ree]

noun

a male or female given name.

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Historical Examples of emerys

"The Emerys was always a humorous family," remarked Diadema, as she annihilated a fly with a newspaper.
The Village Watch-Tower
(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Hobsons and the Emerys have married one another more 'n once, as fur as that goes.
The Village Watch-Tower
(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
Dr. Melton had recently evolved for this characteristic of hers one of the explanations which the Emerys found so enigmatic.
The Squirrel-Cage
Dorothy Canfield
It was one of his preposterous speeches which had become a family joke with the Emerys.
The Squirrel-Cage
Dorothy Canfield

British Dictionary definitions for emerys

emery

noun

1. a hard greyish-black mineral consisting of corundum with either magnetite or haematite: used as an abrasive and polishing agent, esp as a coating on paper, cloth, etc. Formula: Al 2 O 3
2. (as modifier)emery paper

Word Origin for emery

C15: from Old French esmeril, ultimately from Greek smuris powder for rubbing

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Word Origin and History for emerys

emery

"granular mixture used as an abrasive," late 15c., from Middle French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglo, from Vulgar Latin *smyrilium, from Greek smyris "abrasive powder" used for rubbing and polishing, probably a non-Greek word, perhaps from a Semitic source.