emery wheel

2 definitions found

emery wheel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 wheel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  emery wheel
      n 1: a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding
           [syn: grinding wheel, emery wheel]