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Combing machine

Combing \Comb"ing\, n.

  1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

    Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.

  2. pl.

    1. That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.

    2. Hair arranged to be worn on the head.

      The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings.
      --Jer. Taylor.

    3. (Naut.) See Coamings.

      Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.

Usage examples of "combing machine".

This was the ease with the self-acting mule, the wool-combing machine, the planing machine, the slotting machine, Nasmyth's steam arm, and many others.