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emery wheel

noun

emery wheel

a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles

First recorded in 1850–55

If an emery wheel mounted in a polishing head or lathe is at hand, this can be easily accomplished.

A tight-fitting wood plug is driven into the throughway of the tee and the ends ground off flush on the emery wheel.

It is frequently the case that an emery wheel will become glazed, due to its extreme hardness.

Basils for gaiters are dyed in paddle and fluffed over the emery wheel.

There were nineteen of them, and a few burns from an emery wheel quickly put each one “out of sight.”

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