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FLINT PAPER [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Treatment of Wood
DEF

A heavy, strong, kraft paper coated with flint (quartz) with a glue bond, and used as a common hardware-store type of sandpaper for hand sanding.

OBS

flint paper: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Traitement des bois
OBS

Silex. [...] On s'en sert maintenant, après l'avoir généralement obtenu par broyage des galets de mer, comme grains d'abrasif dans les abrasifs appliqués [...]

OBS

papier de silex : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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