Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kempt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kempt \Kempt\,
p. p. of {Kemb}. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kemb \Kemb\ (k[e^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kembed} (k[e^]md) or
{Kempt} (k[e^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kembing}.] [OE.
kemben, AS. cemban, fr. camb comb.]
To comb. [Obs.]
His longe hair was kembed behind his back. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kempt
adj : (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: {tidy},
{trim}]
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