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Emery   /ˈɛməri/   Listen
Emery

noun
1.
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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"Emery" Quotes from Famous Books



... child of four years, to see "Othello." Her talent at mimicry made her always most interesting, when she spoke of Munden and his pleasant absurdities on the stage. For Bannister, Johnstone, Fawcett, and Emery she had a most exquisite relish, and she said they had made comedy to her a living art full of laughter and tears. Her passion for the stage, and overclouded prospects for the future, led her in early youth to write a play. She ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, Issue 35, September, 1860 • Various

... Bronze medal Corn Henry Drudge, Clarence. Bronze medal Buckwheat J. H. Durkee, Florida. Silver medal Wheat F. E. Ebbing, Syracuse. Silver medal Seeds Wm. Edminster, Painted Post. Silver medal Wheat and Oats Frank H. Emery, Hornellsville. Silver medal Wheat G. W. Engdalil, Ellington. Silver medal Barley and Oats Frank A. Erwire, Painted Post. Silver medal Oats P. E. Eysaman, Hammond. Bronze medal Corn James Faucett, Bath. Silver medal ...
— New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 - Report of the New York State Commission • DeLancey M. Ellis

... at the Haymarket. "A beautiful play, beautifully acted," he calls it, and says that he should like to see it "again and again." He especially admired the acting of Mrs. Cyril Maude (Miss Winifred Emery) as Lady Babbie. This was the last theatrical performance ...
— The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll • Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

... church," thought Durtal, looking at the little clock tower, and the three or four round bays, which seemed cut out in emery paper to look like the black rough mortar of the ...
— En Route • J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

... shown in Fig. 3. This sharp edge holds the ice firmly without much friction. Holes are bored two inches up into the cross-bars, near their ends, and the runners driven in and fastened with rivets. After the runners are forged, they should be finished with a file and emery paper if not perfectly smooth. The front turn must be long and gradual like a skate, two-thirds the length, however, flat on the ice. The running edges should not be too sharp. They will project 2-1/2 or three inches below the bottom of ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 • Various

... you will have the chance with us, and I'll enter you as one of the ship's boys," said the captain. "Below there!" he shouted, and the steward, a black man, appeared. "Give this lad some food, and find him a berth, Emery," said the captain, in a good-natured tone. Turning aft he said to himself, "There is stuff in that lad, though he has evidently been brought up ...
— The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy • W.H.G. Kingston

... used in this state for stitching the leather ends of larger belts, or can be stiffened by plunging them into a bath of isinglass and white wine vinegar. After drying they are susceptible of a fine polish, emery cloth being usually employed, and the final "finish" is given to the material with gum ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 • Various



Words linked to "Emery" :   hematite, corundom, mineral, magnetite, corundum, haematite, sandpaper, magnetic iron-ore



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