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† ˈkembing, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. kemb v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb kemb; combing.
c1440Promp. Parv. 270/2 Kemynge of here, or wulle, pectinacio. 1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 182 He is..Alse curtly of his clething, and kemmyng of his hair. 1547Boorde Brev. Health cxxxiii. 49 After keymyng of the head. 1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. xxiii. 74 Haire worthy the kembing.
2. Comb., as kembing-claith, Sc., combing-cloth; kembing-stock, the stock or frame on which the combs were fixed for dressing wool, rippling lint, and breaking flax.
1418Bury Wills (Camden) 3, j par de wollecombes j kembyngstok. 1533in Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 155 A payre of woll combes with a kemynge stoke. a1568Wyf of Auchterm. 84 in Laing Anc. Poet. Scot. 340 He fell back⁓ward into the fyre, And brack his head on the keming stock. 1578Inv. in Hunter Biggar & House of Fleming xxvi. (1862) 332 Ane kame caiss & ane auld kimi[n]g clayth about ye same. a1776Country Wedding in Herd Coll. Sc. Songs II. 89 A keam but and a keaming-stock. |