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Emery cloth

Scope note

Finely abrasive cloth manufactured by sprinkling powdered emery or aluminum oxide onto a thin cloth coated with glue and used either wet or dry for polishing metallic surfaces. MEANS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300014695

Term used for

cloth, emery

Created

13yrs ago

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