Combing

This is the second process of combing, and is called _combing_. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Feeling myself more fevered than hungry, I determined on spending the time in combing my hair and washing my face and hands with vinegar. ❋ Unknown (1883)

Combing wools are so called because they are prepared for spinning [2] into yarn by the process of "combing" -- that is, the fibers are made to lie parallel with one another preparatory to being spun into thread. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

They clip from six to seven pounds of wool, suitable for combing, which is longer than South Down wool, but less fine. ❋ Various (N/A)

They are all obtained in the process of combing, that is, the process which separates the long from the short fibers; the former are known as the "top," and are used in worsted and in the production of mohair and alpaca yarns; while the latter are used to advantage in the production of many different kinds of woolen fabrics. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The combing is the process of arranging the fibers of wool, mohair, cotton, linen, into a parallel condition, preparatory to spinning into a smooth, even and regular yarn. ❋ Kate Heintz Watson (N/A)

There was a good deal of waste in this combing, that is, large clumps of tangled wool called noil were combed out. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

Natroba™ is a novel therapy that does not require nit combing, which is very tedious and time consuming.

DICAPac, a waterproof case and word combing Dica and Pac (pack), is a product of DICAPac Inc., which first seeks the safety of digital equipment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The 26 September news website, quoting an unnamed government source, said Yemeni forces had destroyed a "terrorist den" in the northern Saada region on Thursday in what was described as a combing operation by security forces and military. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their critics on the left called the entrepreneurs "robber barons", an artful term combing crime (robber) and un-American aristocracy (barons), to denounce their use of overpowering and sometimes unethical financial manipulations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At a Joint City-County meeting Tuesday the majority of commissioners and city councilman said they weren't completely sold on the idea of combing the governments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We're still kind of combing through to see what are all of these little things and how are you going to feel it first. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I went "combing" through lots of research to get to the "roots" of the mess. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I've been kind of combing through them, and I want to show you this first one, I also wanted to mention that 45,000, since its inception is what we've received so far. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I have been kind of combing through different newspapers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some families refusing to join Salwa Judum on its "combing" operations—rampages of arson, thuggery and pillage—have been "fined" or beaten. ❋ Abhay N (2006)

But then I realized that selfishness in some cases is good – which I eventually called self-care motivations, such as combing your hair, brushing your teeth, eating, etc. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I think the interesting thing is that after the Liberation, there was a kind of combing of local officials and mayors. ❋ Unknown (2003)