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<cs><col>Combining weight</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See <cref>Atomic weight</cref>, under <er>Atomic</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Combined</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bined"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>United closely; confederated; chemically united.</def>

<h1>Combinedly</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bin"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv. In combination or co\'94peration</tt><def>; <i>jointly</i>.</def>

<h1>Combiner</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bin"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, combines.</def>

<h1>Combing</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Comb"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; <as>as, the <ex>combing</ex> of one's hair; the <ex>combing</ex> of wool.</as></def>

<note>&hand; The process of <i>combing</i> is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is <i>carded</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Hair arranged to be worn on the head.</def>

<blockquote>The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and <b>combings</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Coamings</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Combing machine</col> <fld>(Textile Manuf.)</fld>, <cd>a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also <i>Carding machine<i>, under <er>Carding</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Combless</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Comb"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a comb or crest; <as>as, a <ex>combless</ex> ceck</as>.</def>

<h1>Comboloio</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com`bo*lo"io</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Comb-shaped</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Comb"-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pectinate.</def>

<h1>Combust</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bust"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>combustus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>comburere</ets> to burn up; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>burere</ets> (only in comp.), of uncertian origin; cf. <ets>bustum</ets> fineral pyre, <ets>prurire</ets> to itch, <ets>pruna</ets> a live coal, Gr. <?/ firebrand, Skr. <ets>plush</ets> to burn.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Burnt; consumed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Planets that are oft <b>combust</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Combustibility</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being combustible.</def>