Comber
[kәumә]
Definition
(noun.) a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool.
(noun.) a long curling sea wave.
(noun.) a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool.
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Definition
(n.) One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
(n.) A long, curling wave.
(v. t.) To cumber.
(n.) Encumbrance.
(n.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
Editor: Milton
Definition
n. a name applied to the gaper a sea-perch and to a species of wrasse.
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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.
- Half-a-dozen wool-combers, perhaps, are necessary to keep a thousand spinners and weavers at work. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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