emery

5 definitions found

emery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Corundum \Co*run"dum\ (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), n.; pl. Corundums
     (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]mz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand
     corundum stone.] (Min.)
     The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a
     crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as
     gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue
     variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst
     , or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the
     hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native,
     next to the diamond.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the
           non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a
           dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with
           magnetic iron ore.
           [1913 Webster]

  Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. ['e]meri, earlier ['e]meril, It.
     smeriglio, fr. Gr. ?, ?, ?, cf. ? to wipe; perh. akin to E.
     smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.)
     Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts
     for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is
     mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under
     Corundum.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded
        into convenient.
  
     Emery cloth or Emery paper, cloth or paper on which the
        powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and
        polishing.
  
     Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface
        of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff  wheel
        , and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.
        [1913 Webster]

emery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  emery
      n 1: a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either
           hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a
           coating on paper)

emery - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Emery, SD (city, FIPS 19420)
    Location: 43.60266 N, 97.62021 W
    Population (1990): 417 (210 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57332
  Emery, UT (town, FIPS 22870)
    Location: 38.92527 N, 111.25056 W
    Population (1990): 300 (162 housing units)
    Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

emery - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "emery":
     aluminum oxide, auto polish, colcothar, corundum, crocus,
     emery board, emery paper, file, garnet, grindstone, hone,
     nail file, novaculite, oilstone, polishes, pumice, pumice stone,
     rasp, rottenstone, rouge, rubstone, sandpaper, shoe polish,
     silicon carbide, silver polish, steel, strap, strop, wax, whetrock,
     whetstone, whittle