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combing
(encz) | combing,česající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
combing
(encz) | combing,česání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Combing
(gcide) | Comb \Comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Combing.]
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.
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Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright.
--Shak.
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Combing
(gcide) | Combing \Comb"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs;
as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
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Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of
long staple; short wool is carded.
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2. pl.
(a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as
loose, tangled hair.
(b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
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The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of
their hair is supplied by borders and combings.
--Jer. Taylor.
(c) (Naut.) See Coamings.
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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 Carding.
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combing
(wn) | combing
n 1: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a
comb" [syn: comb, combing] |
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combing
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Combing machine
(gcide) | Combing \Comb"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs;
as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
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Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of
long staple; short wool is carded.
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2. pl.
(a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as
loose, tangled hair.
(b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
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The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of
their hair is supplied by borders and combings.
--Jer. Taylor.
(c) (Naut.) See Coamings.
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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 Carding.
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combings
(gcide) | Coamings \Coam"ings\, n. pl. [Cf. Comb a crest.] (Naut.)
Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or
other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running
bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as
distinguished from the transverse head ledges. [Written also
combings.]
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combing
(wn) | combing
n 1: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a
comb" [syn: comb, combing] |
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