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glasspaper

British  
/ ˈɡlɑːsˌpeɪpə /

noun

  1. strong paper coated with powdered glass or other abrasive material for smoothing and polishing

"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

verb

  1. to smooth or polish with glasspaper

"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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Eagle-eyed officials, however, had other plans, penalising him two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker that had about as much sand in it as a six-inch square of glasspaper.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2010

The glasspaper filing must be continued for some time and with several finer degrees until the surface appears perfectly even and seemingly quite finished, but the stages are not yet complete.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

Preparation must be made for guarding the upper table of the violin from injury, from slips of the glasspaper file during the backward and forward movement.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

He even went to the length of occasionally buying a few sheets of glasspaper with his own money, as Crass had told Hunter.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

Modern vandals rub these parts down with a file or glasspaper, to make it nice and even to their vision, saving themselves time and trouble.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

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