glasspaper
Britishnoun
verb
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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
A piece of fine glasspaper wrapped round a squared piece of pine, will make a good surface.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
When the ruts are finished, recourse must be had to the glasspaper file again to round the top surface of the nut with an inclination downwards toward the peg-box.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
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
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
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