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emeril

emeril noun: emery.

Noun

emeril (plural emerils)

  1. (obsolete) emery
    • 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:1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 2
  2. (obsolete) A glazier's diamond.
    • a hard and sharp Stone called Emerill, which is used by Lapidaries for the cleansing , cutting , and burnishing their precious Stones1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded

Forms of emeril

pluralemerils

Questions about emeril

What does emeril mean?
Emeril means emery.
What part of speech is emeril?
Emeril is a noun.
What is the plural of emeril?
The plural of emeril is emerils.

Words near emeril in the dictionary

  1. Emerick
  2. Emericks
  3. Emerie
  4. emeried
  5. emeries
  6. emeril
  7. Emerillon
  8. Emerillons
  9. emerils
  10. emerimidine
  11. emerimidines

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