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On 06/08/2015 09:55 PM, Stroller wrote: |
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> On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> |
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>> ... So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find |
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>> emory. I think "emeried" is obscure in both meaning and usage. |
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> My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford English Dictionary says that |
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> emery as a verb is to rub with emery (e.g. emery paper, I guess). |
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> So I guess an example sentence would be "before the panel can be |
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> repainted, it must be emeried until all traces of the paint have been |
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> removed." |
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> I agree this is obscure - I had to look it up, and my Mac's |
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> Dictionary.app doesn't contain it, either. |
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Not really obscure. Emery paper is a "standard" type of sandpaper. |
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Emeried would fall under the same as sanded - sandpaper, buffed - |
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buffer, garrotted - garrotte, crapped - crap. But then again, I'm a |
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Structural Engineer/programmer not a linguist and technically failed |
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year 12 English :) |
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Andrew |
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