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noun

Comb n.

1.

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

2.

An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

3.

(Manuf. & Mech.)

(a)

A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.

(b)

The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.

(c)

A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.

(d)

A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

(e)

The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

(f)

The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

4.

(Zool.)

(a)

The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.

(b)

One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

5.

The curling crest of a wave.

6.

The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." "When the bee doth leave her comb."

7.

The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

Combe, Comb n. (Written also coombe) That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. "A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed."

Comb n. A dry measure. See Coomb.

verb

Comb v. t. (past & past part. combed; pres. part. combing) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing. "Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright."

Comb v. i. (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

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Etymology of 'Comb'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Comb" Quotes from Famous Books

... table before which sat a young-faced, white-haired man, very industriously writing in a small account book; upon the table before him were a number of articles very neatly arranged, among which Ravenslee noticed a cheap wrist-watch, a hair-comb, a brooch, and a small chain purse. He was yet gazing at these and at the white-haired man, who, having nodded once to the Spider, continued to write so busily, when he was startled to hear a long-drawn, shuddering sigh. Turning suddenly sharp about, ...

— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol

... details—the dead fire, the dangling receiver of the useless telephone, a little pearl-handled revolver lying in a far corner as if it had been flung there, an upset chair. Suddenly his gaze halted at the edge of the shattered door and a faint tremor shook his big body. A comb lay on the floor there—a single comb of tortoise-shell made for a woman's hair. But it was a comb he knew well. And as his eyes met Bud's, staring from the doorway at the strange scene, they were the ...

— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames

... wig, but it was one of the fussy kind, and made my head look as though guiltless of a comb or brush for many months. To beautify my complexion I smeared it over with soot, and when I regaled myself with a glance at our six by nine glass, I was satisfied that no living man could tell whether I was a dirty white man or ...

— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes

... office they slipped on their office coats. Brauer took a comb from his pocket and began carefully to define the part in his already slick hair. ...

— Broken to the Plow • Charles Caldwell Dobie

... his pride in his bees and his honey; hill farmers still keep large stocks. He brought her a slice of home-baked bread and a piece of comb. She took the comb in her white fingers, and pressed the liquid gold from the cells; the luscious sweetness gathered from a thousand flowers making her lips still sweeter. Uncle Bennet offered me a jar full to the brim: 'Dip your vinger ...

— Round About a Great Estate • Richard Jefferies

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