अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.

Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

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.

To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.

The curling crest of a wave.

One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

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.

The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.

A dry measure. See Coomb.

Alt. of Combe

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.

A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.

An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

Pectinate.