emeril

noun — 2 senses

emeril

noun

1

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:

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