Comb
Comb (kōm; 110) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon camb; akin to Swedish, Danish, & Dutch kam, Icelandic kambr, German kamm, Greek {not transcribed} a grinder tooth, Sanskrit jambha tooth.]
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.
(a) (Manufacturing & Mechanics) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
(b)
(Manufacturing & Mechanics) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
(c)
(Manufacturing & Mechanics) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
(d)
(Manufacturing & Mechanics) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
(e)
(Manufacturing & Mechanics) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
(f)
(Manufacturing & Mechanics) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
4.
(a) (Zoology) 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)
(Zoology) 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.
Comb , transitive verb
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 , intransitive verb
[See Comb, n., 5.]
(Nautical) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
Comb (? o?) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon comb, prob. of Celtic origin; compare Welsh 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. — Buckland
A gradual rise the shelving combe
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Also: Combe
Comb , noun
A dry measure. See Coomb.