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