emeril
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]emeril (plural emerils)
- (obsolete) emery
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 2:
- Inferior nor to thee, thou Jernsey, bravelie crown’d
With rough-imbatteld rocks, whose venom-hating ground
The hardned Emerill hath, which thou abroad doost send:
- (obsolete) A glazier's diamond.
- 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded:
- a hard and sharp Stone called Emerill, which is used by Lapidaries for the cleansing , cutting , and burnishing their precious Stones
References
[edit]- “emeril”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.