Comber

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comber \Com"ber\, n.
     Encumbrance. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Comber \Com"ber\, n. (Zool.)
     The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A long, curling wave.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comber \Com"ber\, v. t.
     To cumber. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance,
     impediment. See Cuber,v.]
     Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also
     {comber}.]
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           A place of much distraction and cumber.  -- Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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           Sage counsel in cumber.                  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster] Cumberland