Stroller <stroller <at> stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > > > On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James <wireless <at> 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.
YES. Emery is common. Emeried, is obsure; it may have several meanings in context, like, YOU need POLISHING, you know one of those 'hi_brow' old english tongue-lashings from an english intellectual (like a snob). The word 'emeried' came across to me; and I hate when I cannot find the exact context meaning of a word (it's a personal quark for a guy that often does not check his own spelling. > Are you trying to fix the dictionary? I have often felt Unix /usr/share/dict contains many words so obscure > (or obsolete) as to be useless, but it seems to me this not only needs to be addressed upstream, but it's also > pretty much a fulltime job for someone. A while back "Q" enquired if anyone would appreciate his efforts to bring us a more robust "english dictionary". So, this is a follow up on that, but I could not find the thread (lazy_parser_is_broken_in_my_brain).... > Stroller. James
