emeril

emeril

English

Noun

emeril (plural emerils)

1. (obsolete) emery
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 2:

     Inferior nor to thee, thou Jernsey, bravelie crown’d

     With rough-imbatteld rocks, whose venom-hating ground

     The hardned Emerill hath, which thou abroad doost send:

2. (obsolete) A glazier's diamond.
   • 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded:

     a hard and sharp Stone called Emerill, which is used by Lapidaries for the cleansing , cutting , and burnishing their precious Stones

References

• emeril in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Lemire, relime