Comber

(noun.) a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool.

(noun.) a long curling sea wave.

(noun.) a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool.

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• In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Half-a-dozen wool-combers, perhaps, are necessary to keep a thousand spinners and weavers at work. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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