Comb
- Comb
- Comb Comb (k[=o]m; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D.
kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. ? a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha
tooth.]
1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing,
and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
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2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and
smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
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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.
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4. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
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5. The curling crest of a wave.
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6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in
which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. ``A
comb of honey.'' --Wyclif.
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When the bee doth leave her comb. --Shak.
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7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may
be cocked.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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comb — comb1 [kōm] n. [ME < OE camb, comb, lit., toothed object < IE * g̑ombhos (> Sans jámbah, Gr gomphos, tooth) < base * ĝembh ,ĝombh , to bite, tooth] 1. a thin strip of hard rubber, plastic, metal, etc. with teeth, passed through the… … English World dictionary
Comb — Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Combed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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}. [1913 Webster] Comb down his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — Comb, v. i. [See {Comb}, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — Comb, Combe Combe (? or ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also {coombe}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comb — (n.) O.E. camb comb, crest, honeycomb (later Anglian comb), from W.Gmc. *kambaz (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. camb, Ger. Kamm, M.Du. cam, Du. kam, O.N. kambr), lit. toothed object, from PIE *gombhos, from root *gembh to bite, tooth (Cf … Etymology dictionary
comb — [v1] arrange hair adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle; concept 162 comb [v2] search by ransacking beat, beat the bushes*, examine … New thesaurus
comb — ► NOUN 1) an article with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair. 2) a device for separating and dressing textile fibres. 3) the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock. 4) a honeycomb. ► VERB… … English terms dictionary
Comb — Comb, n. A dry measure. See {Coomb}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — (spr. Kohm), englisches Getreidemaß, 100 C. = 265 preuß. Scheffel, 2 C. = 1 Imp. Quarter … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Comb — (spr. kōm oder kūm), engl. Hohlmaß, s. Coom … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
