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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fine fibers of steel matted or woven together to form an abrasive for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
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- noun
Fine strips of steel, usually formed intopads and used as anabrasive .
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- noun a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive
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