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Definition of friction-glazed

of paper
: glazed by being passed in a continuous sheet between two calender rolls one of which by revolving faster than the other burnishes the surface — compare flint-glazed

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“Friction-glazed.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friction-glazed. Accessed 27 January 2020.

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