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Comber

One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

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Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Wave 76% connected

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Pulsation noun · 85% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Fabrication noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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Fluid mechanics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Hydraulics noun · 78% connection

study of the mechanics of fluids

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Manufacture noun · 78% connection

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the…

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money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it…

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growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry"

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making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process"

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making modern in appearance or behavior; "the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process"

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a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

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a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

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Abb noun · 78% connection

Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

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Amianthus noun · 78% connection

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

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Attachment noun · 78% connection

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

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Backwash verb · 78% connection

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

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Brake verb · 78% connection

An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

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Card verb · 78% connection

To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

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Carder noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc.

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Celluloid noun · 78% connection

A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored…

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Comb verb · 78% connection

To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See un…

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Combbroach noun · 78% connection

A tooth of a wool comb.

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Combing noun · 78% connection

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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Ctenophora n. pl. · 78% connection

A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles…

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Distaff noun · 78% connection

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

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Ebonite noun · 78% connection

A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for ins…

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Flax noun · 78% connection

The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.

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Flaxen adjective · 78% connection

Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as…

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Gill noun · 78% connection

One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

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Hackle noun · 78% connection

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

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