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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. {Emery cloth} or {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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glazer \Glaz"er\, n. 1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like 2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glazer n : someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: {glasscutter}, {glassworker}, {glazier}]
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