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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| emery |
| SYLLABICATION: | em·er·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m  -r , mr |
| NOUN: | A fine-grained impure corundum used for grinding and polishing. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French emeri, emeril, from Late Latin smericulum, from Greek smiris. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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