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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circular plate or wheel, made of lead or iron, charged with emery wet with water, and usually revolved in a horizontal position, for roughing and grinding any gem except the diamond.
- noun The roll-train in which the ingot receives its first, or roughing, treatment.
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