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1. (n.) emery
a dark, impure, granular variety of corundum used for grinding and polishing.
Etymology: (1475–85; < MF emeri, OF esmeril < VL *smēriculum= MGk smêri (for Gk smýris rubbing powder; akin to smear ) + L -culum -cule2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) emery
a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Emery
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Emery
a dull, blue-black mineral, allied in composition to the sapphire, but containing a varying quantity of iron oxide; is found in large masses; is exceedingly hard, and largely used in polishing metals, plate-glass, and precious stones.
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Sense: a very hard kind of mineral, used as a powder etc for polishing.
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 Afrikaans: skuursteen |
 Arabic: صَنْفَرَه، سُنْباذَج |
 Bulgarian: шмиргел |
 Brazilian: esmeril |
 Czech: smirek |
 German: der Schmirgel |
 Danish: smergel |
 Greek: σμύριδα |
 Spanish: esmeril |
 Estonian: smirgel |
 Farsi: گرد سمباده |
 Finnish: smirgeli |
 French: émeri |
 Hebrew: שָׁמִיר לְשִׁיוּף |
 Hindi: एमरी, कुरंड |
 Croatian: sitnozrni korund |
 Hungarian: csiszolópor |
 Indonesian: batu amril |
 Icelandic: smergill |
 Italian: smeriglio |
 Japanese: 金剛砂 |
 Korean: 금강사(金剛砂) |
 Lithuanian: švitras |
 Latvian: smirģelis |
 Malay: empelas |
 Dutch: amaril |
 Norwegian: smergel |
 Polish: szmergiel |
 Persian: گرد سمباده |
 Pashto: يو ډول كاڼى چه په څرخ بان |
 Portuguese: esmeril |
 Romanian: şmirghel |
 Russian: наждак |
 Slovak: brúsny papier |
 Slovenian: smirek |
 Serbian: šmirgla |
 Swedish: smärgel |
 Thai: ผงแร่ที่ใช้สำหรับขัดพื้นผ |
 Turkish: zımpara |
 Taiwanese: 金剛砂(一種磨料) |
 Ukrainian: наждак, корунд |
 Urdu: بہت سخت قسم کا دھات جو رن |
 Vietnamese: bột mài |
 Chinese: 金刚砂 |
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