Her mouth felt like used glasspaper, and her eyes were stuck together with sleep.

Sandpaper, real name glasspaper, is a heavy paper with abrasive material attached to its surface.

Once dry, each coat must be rubbed down with very fine glasspaper to give a surface that is as smooth as possible.

The damaged area should then be very carefully sanded with the finest glasspaper or garnet paper.

Charlie's throat was as dry as glasspaper and his heart was beating in huge, irregular bumps.

At this stage, you can use glasspaper to smooth the joint, and work the wood dust into the glue of the mitre to fill any slight gaps.

In the dry desert air - air which could turn the inside of a man's nose and throat into glasspaper, his crimson armour crackled even more loudly with static electricity.

When the first coat is dry, lightly sand with fine glasspaper or wet and dry paper to remove any nibs or particles of dust which may have settled on the surface.

And when I came panting and limping along Lafayette, my chest bursting and my throat feeling as if it had been scoured with glasspaper, I saw that the graves at the Star of the Sea had opened, too.