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combed, ppl. a.|kəʊmd|
[f. comb n.1 and v.1]
1. Having a comb.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 213 Comely combed crowyng cock. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 310 A cock, gallantly crested or combed. 1825Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. xviii. (1843) 900 The combed head-piece was a morion with a high ridge on its top; the Combe-caps had a ridge hanging over them from the front to the rear, seemingly the same. 1858Longfellow M. Standish iii. 141 Had for his crest a cock argent Combed and wattled gules.
2. a. Dressed, etc., with a comb.
1839Loudon Encycl. Archit. 840 The Devonshire thatching..is done with combed wheat straw. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 104 His combed-out hair. 1885Bible (R.V.) Isa. xix. 9 They that work in combed flax.
b. Applied to pottery decorated by drawing a toothed instrument across a coloured slip.
1878L. Jewitt Ceramic Art I. 98 A round dish of the ‘combed ware’, described by Plot, is shown... Some of the examples..are exceedingly delicate..others..have been ‘combed’ with a coarse comb or wire brush. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 80/2 Combed ware, pottery decorated by the application of two or more different coloured slips brushed or combed to produce an effect similar to marbled paper. |