Hypertext Webster Gateway: "comber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comber \Comb"er\, n.
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool,
flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
2. A long, curling wave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comber \Com"ber\, v. t.
To cumber. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comber \Com"ber\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
[Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comber \Com"ber\, n.
Encumbrance. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance,
impediment. See Cuber,v.]
Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also
{comber}.]
A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H.
Wotton.
Sage counsel in cumber. --Sir W.
Scott.
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