Combs
[kɔmz]
Examples
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They grow on this road, Meg, so do combs and brown straw hats. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Thirdly, that little man in St. James' Street, who sells box-combs, I forget his name, cut her hair at least an inch too short on the forehead. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When we left the Azores, we wore awful capotes and used fine tooth combs--successfully. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Cleverly do they extract the sweet juices of flowers to fill the emptiness of many-celled combs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The whole array of toilet articles, including combs, brushes, mirrors, shoe horns, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The old method of straining honey has long since been replaced by the centrifugal honey extractor, which simply empties the cells of honey, not injuring the combs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At that time Pitt, in that country, arranged a cylinder with combs or ripples which tore off the heads of the grain-stalks and discharged them into a box on the machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The new device or frame to which the bees fastened their combs in which brood was reared could be removed, one or all, at any time desired. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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