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Definition of Emery stone
1. Noun. A mixture of emery dust and a binder; can be molded into grindstones.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emery Stone
Literary usage of Emery stone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"It is exported chiefly from [emery stone Smyrna and Scala Nova whence it is
shi]>]>ed (in ... Ordinarily emery stone can be obtained at Smyrna for ballast, ..."
2. The Delta of the St. Clair River by Leon Jacob Cole (1903)
"Its grinding surface is composed of large blocks of emery stone as it comes from
the mine, set in a metal frame. These blocks are so arranged that the grain ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"There seems to be no doubt whatever that the Hebrew and Greek words are identical,
and that by Adama,* we are to understand the emery-stone, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"There seems to be no doubt whatever that the Hebrew and Greek words are identical,
and that by Adama,* we are to understand the emery-stone, ..."
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