Emery

Noun

 * 1)  An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
 * 2) * 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
 * It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of emery, but without a lathe.  I finally used rouge instead of emery in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.

Derived terms

 * emery bag
 * emery board
 * emery cloth


 * emerise, emerize
 * emery paper

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From émeri, from  esmeril, from  smericulum, from  σμῆρις: (alternative spelling: σμύρις:) "powder used for polishing".

Translations

 * Finnish: smirgeli

Anagrams

 * Meyer