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
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
For the small parts that require levelling, small pieces of glasspaper attached to a stick of pine shaped according to requirement will be found useful.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick
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
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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