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emery wheel

NOUN
grinding wheel
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Under an emery wheel it sent off a shower of hot, brilliant sparks; an acetylene torch wouldn't melt it.

From Time Magazine Archive

His energy was abrasive, and where it touched the world, it threw off hot, stinging little sparks like an emery wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Asked how the emery wheel business was now, the General admitted: "Not so good."

From Time Magazine Archive

When the bar has passed over the emery wheel more than half of the bar length, its end f, Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

It consists of an emery wheel mounted upon a spindle and with a slide rest in front of it.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua



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