Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli..
Comb :: Comb (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place..
Comb :: Comb (n.) An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb..
Comb :: Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
Comb :: Comb (n.) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat..
Comb :: Comb (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.
Comb :: Comb (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked..
Comb :: Comb (v. t.) 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 :: Comb (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves..