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CIDE DICTIONARY

combing, n.

The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. [1913 Webster]
" The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded." [1913 Webster]
That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. [1913 Webster]
"The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings."

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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

combing, n. (in pl.) hairs combed off.

Idiom

combing wool long-stapled wool, suitable for combing and making into worsted.

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