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Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [Obs.] Withals (1608).

See Calumbin.

A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.

Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.

Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold. -- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n.

United; joined; betrothed. [R.]

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. Making new compounds by new combinations. Boyle. A solemn combination shall be made Of our dear souls. Shak.

te so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.

United closely; confederated; chemically united.

; jointly.

One who, or that which, combines.

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

The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype.

he cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

Of or pertaining to concubinage.

Concubinary. The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.

Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.

Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson.

by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.

A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]