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Definition of Combed
1. Adjective. (of hair) made tidy with a comb. "With hair combed to the side"
Definition of Combed
1. Verb. (past of comb) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Combed
1. comb [v] - See also: comb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Combed
Literary usage of Combed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1873)
"A of the pier at Yarmouth was so honey-combed with perforations it might easily
be crushed between the hands as though it were pa the partition between the ..."
2. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"FOOT OF SPIDER, SHOWING combed CLAWS AND CUTTING-HOOK BELOW When the spider runs
up a wall or creeps along a ceiling, it is gripping the roughnesses on the ..."
3. Clothing: Choice, Care, Cost by Mary Schenck Woolman (1920)
"There are many branches of the industry, euch as woolens or carded wools, worsteds
or combed wools, knitted goods, felt and union goods. ..."
4. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"Cottons are combed rather than carded.—Yarns to be mercerized are combed rather
than carded, and it is not unusual to double-comb the fibers in order to ..."
5. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"60/2 Am. combed warp. which lt is woven. On such a basis. results cannot be very
inaccurate, ... 1408 ends 24/2 Am. combed + 60% take-up = .0856 & 27c. ..."
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