Combing
['komɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comb
(n.) The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
(n.) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.
(n.) Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
(n.) See Coamings.
Inputed by Enoch
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of combing one's hair, denotes the illness or death of a friend or relative. Decay of friendship and loss of property is also indicated by this dream{.} See Hair.
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- He put the tray with the breakfast and the letter on the dressing-table, before which Becky sat combing her yellow hair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She recommenced combing her hair, long as a mermaid's. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Originally this was done by combing it with teasles, a sort of dried burr of vegetable growth, having a multitude of fine hook-shaped points. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Verna