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Emery

//ˈɛm(ə)ɹi// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. 2
    A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
  3. 3
    A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A ghost town in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Hanson County, South Dakota.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; A town in Emery County, Utah.
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
  7. 12
    Synonym of Humbermede, Toronto, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing. uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To sand or polish with emery. transitive
  2. 2
    To coat with emery. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

Etymology 2

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

Etymology 3

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

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