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-1 n. சீப்பு, சீப்பு போன்ற கருவி, இழைமங்களைத் துப்புரவுப்படுத்தும் பல்வரிசையுள்ள வார்கருவி, பறவைகளின் கொண்டை, அலைஉச்சி, கூரை அல்லது மலையுச்சி, தேன் கூடு, தேனடை, (வி.) சீப்பினால் ஒழுங்குசெய், துப்புரவாக்கு, சீவு, வாரு, குதிரையைத் தேய், முழுவதும் தேடிப்பார்-1 n. சீப்பு, சீப்பு போன்ற கருவி, இழைமங்களைத் துப்புரவுப்படுத்தும் பல்வரிசையுள்ள வார்கருவி, பறவைகளின் கொண்டை, அலைஉச்சி, கூரை அல்லது மலையுச்சி, தேன் கூடு, தேனடை, (வி.) சீப்பினால் ஒழுங்குசெய், துப்புரவாக்கு, சீவு, வாரு, குதிரையைத் தேய், முழுவதும் தேடிப்பார்-2 n. காடார்ந்த ஆழ்ந்த சிறு பள்ளதாக்கு, குன்றின் சரிவிலுள்ள குடைவு.-2 n. காடார்ந்த ஆழ்ந்த சிறு பள்ளதாக்கு, குன்றின் சரிவிலுள்ள குடைவு.-3 n. முகத்தலளவைக்கூறு (நான்கு மரக்கால்).-3 n. முகத்தலளவைக்கூறு (நான்கு மரக்கால்).


Comb (; 110), n. Etym: [AS.. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. 4. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions. 5. The curling crest of a wave. 6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif. When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak. 7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked. Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] Defn: 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. Comb, v. i. Etym: [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) Defn: To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. Comb, Combe ( or ), n. Etym: [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] Defn: That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey. Comb, n. Defn: A dry measure. See Coomb. Comb (; 110), n. Etym: [AS.. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. 4. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions. 5. The curling crest of a wave. 6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif. When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak. 7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked. Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] Defn: 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. Comb, v. i. Etym: [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) Defn: To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. Comb, Combe ( or ), n. Etym: [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] Defn: That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey. Comb, n. Defn: A dry measure. See Coomb. Comb (; 110), n. Etym: [AS.. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. 4. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions. 5. The curling crest of a wave. 6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif. When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak. 7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked. Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] Defn: 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. Comb, v. i. Etym: [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) Defn: To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. Comb, Combe ( or ), n. Etym: [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] Defn: That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey. Comb, n. Defn: A dry measure. See Coomb.


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