Lady's comb

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• comb

  To comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or scold any one: a woman who lectures her husband, is said to c...

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• comb

  1) a hollow or valley. Suss. Also half a quarter of corn. S. 2) the window-stool of a casement. Glo...

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• comb

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  The thumb and four fingers. ...

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• flacking-comb

  a wide-toothed comb. Oxf. ...

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• Lady's bedstraw

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• Lady's bower

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• Lady's cloth

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• Lady's cushion

  ·- An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). ...

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• Lady's finger

  ·- The kidney vetch. II. Lady's finger ·- One of the branchiae of the lobster. III. Lady's finger ...

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• Lady's garters

  ·- Ribbon grass. ...

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• Lady's hair

  ·- A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass. ...

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• Lady's laces

  ·- A slender climbing plant; dodder. ...

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• Lady's mantle

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• Lady's seal

  ·- The black bryony (Tamus communis). II. Lady's seal ·- The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum v...

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• Lady's slipper

  ·- Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less ...

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• Lady's smock

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• Lady's thimble

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• Lady's thumb

  ·- An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. ...

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• Lady's traces

  ·- ·Alt. of Ladies' tresses. ...

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• Lady's Yard

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• Lady's looking-glass

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• My Lady's Yard

  See Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street. ...

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