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
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
Under an emery wheel it sent off a shower of hot, brilliant sparks; an acetylene torch wouldn't melt it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flat surface grinding, in which the emery wheel takes the place of the ordinary steel cutting tool; and 4th.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Their cutting qualifications are, however, superior to those of the emery wheel, both cutting more freely and being more durable with less liability to glaze.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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