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smyris

smyris noun: emery.

Noun

smyris (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) emery
    • These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, […]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Questions about smyris

What does smyris mean?
Smyris means emery.
What part of speech is smyris?
Smyris is a noun.

Words near smyris in the dictionary

  1. Smyly
  2. Smylys
  3. Smyre
  4. Smyrell
  5. Smyres
  6. smyris
  7. Smyrl
  8. Smyrna
  9. Smyrna Mills
  10. Smyrnaean
  11. Smyrnaeans

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