COMB

noun the curling crest of a wave.

2. comb ·noun the notched scale of a wire micrometer.

3. comb ·noun a dry measure. ·see coomb.

4. comb ·noun ·alt. of combe.

5. comb ·noun the serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.

6. comb ·noun the collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

7. comb ·noun the thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

8. comb ·noun a tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

9. comb ·noun one of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

10. comb ·noun a toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, ·etc.

11. comb ·noun to roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

12. comb ·noun an instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

13. comb ·noun a former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.

14. comb ·noun the waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, ·etc.; honeycomb.

15. comb ·noun an instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

xvi. comb ·noun 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.

xvii. comb ·vt 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.