Combing, n.
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The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs;
as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. [
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" The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded."
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That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. [
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"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.