Definition of comb

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Comb (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.

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Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Producer :: Producer (n.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel.
Naked :: Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances..
Aerate :: Aerate (v. t.) To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air..
Cero :: Cero (n.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis)..
Combatant :: Combatant (a.) Contending; disposed to contend.
Quadri- :: Quadri- () A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules..
Zoo- :: Zoo- () A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc..
Carburet :: Carburet (v. t.) To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize..
Decompose :: Decompose (v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
Hermaphroditism :: Hermaphroditism (n.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual..
Comb :: Comb (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
Flambeau :: Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch..
Seerfish :: Seerfish (n.) A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; -- opposed to oxidize..
Vehicle :: Vehicle (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it..
Tetrapharmacum :: Tetrapharmacum (n.) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment..
Bichromatize :: Bichromatize (v. t.) To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine..
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