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Combing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMBING, ppr. Separating and adjusting hair, wool, etc.
COMBING, n. Borrowed hair combed over a bald part of the head.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" [syn: comb, combing]

Merriam Webster's

variant of coaming

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in pl.) hairs combed off. Phrases and idioms: combing wool long-stapled wool, suitable for combing and making into worsted.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded. 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. The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. --Jer. Taylor. (c) (Naut.) See Coamings. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak.