1) a hollow or valley. Suss. Also half a quarter of corn. S.
2) the window-stool of a casement. Glou.
·noun The curling crest of a wave. II. Comb ·noun The notched scale of a wire micrometer. III. Com...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or scold any one: a woman who lectures her husband, is said to c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A small piece of timber under the lower part of the beak-head, for the fore-tack to be hauled to, in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj <<Pectinate>>. ...
·- An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely res...
The thumb and four fingers. ...
a wide-toothed comb. Oxf. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a wide-toothed comb. N. ...