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r propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe.

A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.

piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.

Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also comber.] A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott.

Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.] Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance. Comber.

To disable; to render useless. Comber.

To show disrespect to. We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber.

Honeycombed. See Faveolate.

A European fish. See 4th Comber.

The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.

Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

Any fish of the family Scombridæ, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.

The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

foul; dirty. [Obs.] A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean. Dryden.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain. -- Spanish mackerel. (Zoöl.) (a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel, big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel. (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), high…

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

le burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. -- Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool. -- Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. -- Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under…

Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.