noun
definition
An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
verb
definition
To sand or polish with emery.
definition
To coat with emery.
Examples of emery in a Sentence
Other minerals are emery, limestone and quartz.
The concessions are to be for 99 years with the exception of chrome, emery, boracite and other minerals found only in the form of deposits, which may be granted for not less than 40 years or more than 99 years.
The mouth of the bottle is then pressed by hand on the peg of the stopper, and the mouth and peg are ground together with a medium of very fine emery and water until an air-tight joint is secured.
Coal, textiles and iron and steel goods figure prominently amongst the imports, and emery, leather, lemons, sponges, flour, valonia and iron ore amongst the exports.
Engineers and other craftsmen make extensive use of abrasion, effected by the aid of such abrasives as emery and carborundum, in shaping, finishing and polishing their work.
Probably the first lorming was done by chipping and hammer-dressing, as in later times; the final facing of the hard stones was doubtless by sieans of emery in block or powder, as emery grinding blocks tre found.
Both the grinding and polishing tools are grooved, to obtain a uniform distribution of the emery used in the grinding process and of the rouge employed in polishing, as also to provide for the lateral expansion of the pitch with which the polisher is coated.
In Emery's testing machine there are no knife-edges, but their function is performed by thin steel plates, which are forced under a very heavy pressure into slots formed in the parts that are to be connected, so that the parts are united by the plate.
It has been found to stand well for the linings of rotatory puddling furnaces, where, under long-continued heating, it changes into a substance as hard and infusible as natural emery.
More kudos must go to Jack Emery who played Ralph.
He supported Councilor Emery in seeking proper apportionment in the West and in the rural area in line with its contribution.
The final coat can be rubbed with dampened emery cloth for a fine, soft, matte finish.
To remedy this use fine emery paper on the insides of the blades to remove the residue.
If necessary, simply use a pair of side cutter pliers and then smooth the edges with an emery board.
Gilbert Emery took 3rd spot whilst the riders of 4 other sunbeams and of 3 A.J.S. machines retired during the race.
Councilor McBride concurred with Councilor Emery in condemning the vandalism of the play facility at Plumbridge which deprived the young people of the area.
Forel and C. Emery in various Swiss and German periodicals, and especially by C. Janet in his Etudes sur les fourmis, les guepes et les abeilles (Paris, &c., 18 931904).
Naxos, the largest and most fertile island of the group, contains the highest mountain in the Cyclades (Zia, 3290 ft.); the island annually exports upwards of 2000 tons of emery, a state monopoly the proceeds of which are now hypothecated to the foreign debt.
Aluminium oxide or alumina, Al 2 0 3, occurs in nature as the mineral corundum, notable for its hardness and abrasive power (see Emery), and in well-crystallized forms it constitutes, when coloured by various metallic oxides, the gem-stones, sapphire, oriental topaz, oriental amethyst and oriental emerald.
The minerals known to exist are - alum, antimony, arsenic, asbestos, boracide, chrome, coal, copper, emery, fuller's earth, gold, iron, kaolin, lead, lignite, magnetic iron, manganese, meerschaum, mercury, nickel, rock-salt, silver, sulphur and zinc. The vegetation varies with the climate, soil and elevation.
Gilbert Emery took 3rd spot whilst the riders of 4 other Sunbeams and of 3 A.J.S. machines retired during the race.
She married Richard Emery in 1980 and the two had a son together before divorcing in 1996.
Dog nail grinders feature a spinning emery filing wheel that gently removes thin layers of nail.
After three or four days of acclimating your dog to the sound of the grinder, begin using a regular emery board on his nails as the grinder is running.
Eventually, you'll be able to make the transition from the emery board to the nail grinder, but keep in mind that even after the acclimation period your dog may still not like the grinder initially.
Infected nails should be cut short and straight and carefully cleared of dead cells with an emery board.
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If need be, after they are completely dry, you can restore the nap by "gently" rubbing them with fine sandpaper or an emery board.
After a spa night for the girls, send everyone home with nail polish, emery boards, and scented lotion.
Emery boards are recommended, and most have both a fine and coarse grade.
Make sure the technician uses a new emery board, or bring your own.
Trim your nails once a week and use an emery board to keep the nails gently curved.
North of the folded belt, and including Emery the greater part of Siberia, Mongolia and northern China, lies another area which is, in general, free from any important folding of Mesozoic or Tertiary age.
In emery, magnetite in a granular form is largely associated with the corundum; and in certain kinds of mica magnetite occurs as thin dendritic enclosures.
The empire is rich in minerals, including gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, coal, mercury, borax, emery, zinc; and only capital is needed for successful exploitation.
Dover has long had a considerable commerce, both by rail and by water, that by water being chiefly Emery Walker sc.
By means of a rotating table either two surfaces of glass, or one surface of glass and one of cast iron, are rubbed together with the interposition of a powerful abrasive such as sand, emery or carborundum.
To these may be added emery, steatite, barytes, felspar and ochre, in considerable quantities; excellent lithographic stone is obtained at Solenhofen; and gold and silver are still worked, but to an insignificant extent.
Hence the name seems to have been applied also to flint, and perhaps to emery and other hard stones.
Yet this very fact that it is unalterably hard has limited its use, because of the great difficulty of cutting it to shape, which has in general to be done with emery wheels instead of the usual iron-cutting tools.
Subsequently the hard top hairs are taken out as in the case of otters and beavers and the whole thoroughly cleaned in the revolving drums. The close underwool, which is of a slightly wavy nature and mostly of a pale drab colour, is then dyed by repeated applications of a rich dark brown colour, one coat after another, each being allowed to thoroughly dry before the next is put on, till the effect is almost a lustrous black on the top. The whole is again put through the cleaning process and evenly reduced in thickness by revolving emery wheels, and eventually finished off in the palest buff colour.
The name 'Aba as, " the invincible," was probably applied by the Greeks to hard metals, and thence to corundum (emery) and other hard stones.
From these rocks in the Ottawa valley are quarried or mined granite, marble, magnificent blue sodalite, felspar, talc, actinolite, mica, apatite, graphite and corundum; the latter mineral, which occurs on a larger scale here than elsewhere, is rapidly replacing emery as an abrasive.
In the latter age granite surfaces were ground, hieroglyphs were chipped out and polished by copper tools fed with emery; outlines were graved by a thick sheet of copper held in the hand, and sawed to and fro with emery.
Beyond the Alcazaba Emery Walker se is the palace of the Moorish kings, or Alhambra properly so-called; and beyond this, again, is the Alhambra Alta (Upper Alhambra), originally tenanted by officials and courtiers.
The parts of the bush are glued to a sheet of emery paper, so that its rough side may give a better grip on the shaft.