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emery wheel

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

To eliminate this curvature it would appear that the position of the emery wheel might be reversed, as in Fig.

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

A knife grinder with a cup-shape emery wheel makes it easier to grind the bevel straight.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David



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