Lexic.us

Definition of Combing

1. Noun. The act of drawing a comb through hair. "His hair needed a comb"

Definition of Combing

1. n. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

Definition of Combing

1. Verb. (present participle of comb) ¹

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Definition of Combing

1. comb [v] - See also: comb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combing

Literary usage of Combing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1856)
"As the combs get filled, the wool is thus continuously being brought under the action of the porcupine combing rollers and brushes; and each new portion of ..."

2. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"The combing and carding processes for worsteds.— Wool that is to be made into worsted yarn is also carded, but with the result that the wool fibers are ..."

3. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools: Also Adapted by William Henry Dooley (1914)
"It is now ready for the combing machine. combing. The process of combing consists of subjecting the card sliver to the operations of the automatic wool ..."

4. Cotton Spinning: Its Development, Principles, and Practice by Richard Marsden (1888)
"combing ; indispensable for fine counts.—Invention of the combing machine; ... hub's combing machine for short staple cottons ; description. ..."

5. Report by New Hampshire Bureau of Labor, Montana (1898)
"1 combing and Clothing mixed cVj and % blood) No. 2 combing and Clothing mixed ... 2 combing (fc blood) Coarse and common Delaine Michigan, Wisconsin, ..."

6. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"The combing or hackling of the flax removes all the material detrimental to the ultimate ... The hemp is purified by winnowing and afterwards combing. ..."

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