Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Comb (3)

Comb, v. i. [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

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Comb (4)

{ Comb, Combe (? or?), } n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the m...

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Comb (5)

Comb, n. A dry measure. See Coomb.

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Comb-shaped

Comb″–shaped′ (?), a.(Bot.) Pectinate.

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Combat

Com″bat (? or?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Combated; p. pr. & vb. n.Combating.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See Batter.] To struggle or ...

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Combat (2)

Com″bat, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.When he the ambitious Norway combated.Shak.And combated in silence all these reas...

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Combat (3)

Com″bat, n. [Cf. F. combat.] 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st.Shak.The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorro...

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Combatable

Com″bat‐a‐ble (? or?), a. [Cf. F. combattable.] Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

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Combatant

Com″bat‐ant (?), a. [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. B. Jonson.

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Combatant (2)

Com″bat‐ant, n. [F. combattant.] One who engages in combat. “The mighty combatants.” Milton.A controversy which long survived the original combatants.Macaulay

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Combater

Com″bat‐er (?), n. One who combats. Sherwood.

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Combative

Com″bat‐ive (? or �), a. Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

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Combativeness

Com″bat‐ive‐ness, n. 1. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.2. (Phren.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.

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Combattant

‖Com′bat′tant″ (?), a.(Her.) In the position of fighting; — said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

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Combbroach

Comb″broach′ (?), n. A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also combrouch.]

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Combe (2)

Combe (? or?), n. See Comb.

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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.

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Comber (2)

Com″ber (?), v. t. To cumber. Spenser.

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Comber (3)

Com″ber, n. Encumbrance.

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Comber (4)

Com″ber (?), n.(Zoöl.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.

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Combinable

Com‐bin″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. combinable.] Capable of combining; consistent with. M. Arnold.— Com‐bin″a‐ble‐ness, n.

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Combinate

Com″bi‐nate (?), a. [LL. combinatus, p. p.] United; joined; betrothed.

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Combination

Com′bi‐na″tion (?), n. [LL. combinatio. See Combine.] 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.Making new compounds by new combinations.Boyle.A solemn co...

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Combine

Com‐bine″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Combined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Combining.] [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binar...

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Combine (2)

Com‐bine″, v. i. 1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.You with your foes combine,And seem your own destruction to designDryden.So sweet did harp and voice c...

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Combined

Com‐bined″ (?), a. United closely; confederated; chemically united.

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Combinedly

Com‐bin″ed‐ly (?), adv. In combination or coöperation; jointly.