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comby

adj — 3 senses

comby

adj

UK /ˈkəʊmi/ · US /ˈkoʊmi/

Etymology From comb + -y.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a comb.

2

Business, Mining Cornwall, Obsolete Formed of vertical plates, or combs.

  • a comby lode
  • Some parts of a vein may exhibit a comby structure, while others show no trace of any particular arrangement.1884, John Arthur Phillips, A Treatise on Ore Deposits, page 44:
3

Railways, Transport US Of a wheel: having a defect consisting of a network of fine cracks covering a small area of the tread.

Derived terms
combiness

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.