Emery board

Emery board

Emery boards are pieces of cardboard which have emery or emery paper glued to them, making them both abrasive and flexible, used for fingernail and toenail care. They are used by manicurists to shape and smooth the nail during manicure and pedicure sessions. Emery boards are inexpensive and disposable, making them a sanitary alternative to metal nail files.

Use

The nail can be smoothed and shaped accurately by taking light, even strokes in one direction across the top of the nail. Twenty to thirty easy strokes can typically shorten excessively long fingernails, while five to ten strokes are sufficient for shaping the nails.

Emery Pitches

Baseball pitchers and cricket bowlers have been known to use emery boards to scuff the outside of the ball. This is because, firstly, the roughness can offer more grip and hand control. Secondly, surface scratches also alter the ball's aerodynamics making it more susceptible to spin and movement when in flight.

However the deliberate manipulation of the ball using an emery board is classed as cheating in Baseball and Cricket.

In an infamous 1987 Major League Baseball incident, Joe Niekro of the Minnesota Twins was caught with an emery board in his pocket and suspended for ten games.


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  • Emery board — Emery Em er*y, n. [F. [ e]meri, earlier [ e]meril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. ?, ?, ?, cf. ? to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf. {Emeril}.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emery board — n a narrow piece of stiff paper with emery on it, used for shaping your nails …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • emery board — ► NOUN ▪ a strip of thin wood or card coated with emery or another abrasive and used as a nail file …   English terms dictionary

  • emery board — n. a small, flat stick coated with powdered emery, used as a manicuring instrument …   English World dictionary

  • emery board — noun see emery I, 4 * * * ˈemery board [emery board emery boards] noun a small strip of wood or cardboard covered in ↑emery, used for shaping your nails …   Useful english dictionary

  • emery board — UK [ˈemərɪ ˌbɔː(r)d] / US [ˈemərɪ ˌbɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms emery board : singular emery board plural emery boards an object with a rough surface used for shaping your fingernails …   English dictionary

  • emery board — em′ery board n. clo a small, stiff strip of paper or cardboard coated with powdered emery and used in manicuring • Etymology: 1715–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • emery board — noun Date: 1725 a cardboard nail file covered with emery …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • emery board — a small, stiff strip of paper or cardboard, coated with powdered emery, used in manicuring. [1715 25] * * * …   Universalium

  • emery board — noun An abrasive material made by gluing grains of emery a rigid material. Often used as a nail file …   Wiktionary

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