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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs;

as, the

combing

of one’s hair; the

combing

of wool

☞ The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.

pl.

(a)

That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.

(b)

Hair arranged to be worn on the head.

(c)

(Naut.)

See

Combing machine

(Textile Manuf.)

a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also

Carding machine

, under

ppr.

Separating and adjusting hair, wool, &c.

Noun.

Borrowed hair combed over a bald part of the head.