Combing

Act of using a comb; as, the combing of wool. -False hair combed over the forehead where bald. Comb'ings, n.pl. ( Naut .) See COAMINGS. Comb'le , a. Wanting a comb or crest. Comboloio, ( kom -bo-lo'yo.) A rosary of 99 beads used by Mohammedans. "And by her comboloio lies A Koran of illumined dyes." - Byron. Combooco'num, a town of Hindostan, prov. Carnatic, dist. Tanjore, 20 m. N.E. of the latter city. C. was anciently the cap. of the Cholas, one of the most famous of the old Hindoo dynasties, and who gave their name to the whole coast of Cholamundul or Coromandel. It presents many remains of its former splendor. Pop . Estimated at 140,000. Com'bourg, a town of France, dep. Ile-et-Vilaine, 20 m. S.S.E. of St. Malo; pop . 5,434. Combreta'cese, n . pl . ( Bot . ) The Myrobalans, an ord. of plants, alliance Myrtales. DIAG. 1-celled ovary, pendulous ovules, dotle leaves, seeds without albumen, and convolute cotyledons. There are 22 genera, and abt. 200 species, which are exclusively natives of the tropical parts of America, Africa, and Asia. Trees or shrubs with exstipulate entire leaves, and flowers either perfect or unisexual. In the flower we may remark a superior calyx, with a 4-5-lobed deciduous limb; petals equal in number to, and alternate with, the lobes of the calyx; stamens inserted with the petals on the calyx, generally twice as numerous as the lobes of that part, though sometimes thrice as many, and sometimes equal to them in number. The order is remarkable for the presence of an astringent principle, which renders the barks of some species, and the fruits and flowers of others, useful for tanning and dyeing. Combretum butyrosum , a native of S.W. Africa, produces a kind of vegetable wax, which is called Chiquito by the Caffres, who make use of it to dre their victuals. Comb'-shaped, a. ( Bot .) Pectinate; toothed like a Combustible, a . [Fr. combustible , from Lat. comburo , combustos - con , and buro - uro , to burn.] That will take fire and burn; capable of catching fire; inflammable; as, combustible materials. comb. Combe, GEORGE, brother of the preceding, B. at Edin- burgh, 1788; was educated for the legal profe ion, in which he practised for upwards of 20 years. In 1816 he became a convert to the views of Dr. Spurzheim, who was then on a visit to Edinburgh, and in the course of years had so familiarized himself with the subject that he published E ays on Phrenology , which he after- wards expanded into his System of Phrenology ; and, in 1824, founded the Phrenological Journal as the means of promulgating his views. In 1828 he gave to the world his ablest work, the Constitution of Man . This work excited a wide and deep impre ion. In 1837, C. devoted himself exclusively to literature, visited the U. States and Germany, and though himself in delicate health, devoted his whole time to the promulgation of his moral, social, and philosophical views by means of lec--n. A substance easily set on fire, or that readily takes tures and the pre . Besides the above works, C. is the fire and burns. author of Notes on America , 1841; Notes on the Refor- Combustiblene , Combustibility, n. Qual- mation in Germany, 1846; the Life of his brother, Dr. Andrew Combe, and various other works. D. 1858. "Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter." -South. -Hot-tempered; quick to take offence; easily excited; irascible; as, a combustible temper. ity of being combustible; capability of taking fire and burning; aptne to kindle. stage or condition to another; to attain to any state or character; to arrive at some habit or disposition; to happen; to fall out; to occur. "Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day." - Shaks. -To appear; to appear in sight; to become manifest or evident. "She comes unlook'd for, if she comes at all." - Pope . To come, in the future; yet to arrive; as, in days to come. To come about, to come to pa ; to arrive; to take its place in the order of occurrences; to fall out. "And let me speak how these things come about."-Shaks. -To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. They are come about, and won to the true side."- Ben Jonson. To come again, to return. - To come after, to follow; to succeed. "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself." Matt . xvi. 24. -To come to obtain, or procure; as, to come after a runaway wife. To come at, to reach; to get within reach of; to obtain; to gain; as, to come at knowledge. "We always prize those women most who are hardest to come at." - Add is on. -To come toward, in attack or onslaught. To come away, to depart; to leave; to part company with. To come by , to acquire; to gain; to po e ; as, to come by a fortune. "Love is like a child That longs for everything that he can come by." - Shaks. To come down with , to pay over; to hand over to another; as, he came down with the money. - To come home, to come or pre closely; to touch one's interest, reason, or sympathies; to recoil upon; as, "Lies like chickens come home to roost." Eng . Proverb. - ( Naut .) Said of an anchor when it is loosened from the ground, and drags; as, the anchor comes home. To come in, to comply; to yield; to hold out no longer; as, deserters come in by hundreds. To come into fash ion; to become the mode; to be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come in till late."-Dryden. To come in for, to inherit; to acquire a share of; to accrue from; as, to come in for a good thing. To come in to , to join with; to take part in; to bring help to; to agree; to comply with; as, to come into a scheme. To come nigh or near , to approach in place; to be equal to; to resemble in excellence. "With such admirable invention that nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it." - Temple . To come of , to proceed or i ue from, as a descendant from an ancestor. To i ue from, as effect from cause. "I told you what would come of this." Shaks . To come off , to escape; to get away from; to be car ried through. "If they come off safe, call their deliverance a miracle." Add is on . -To take place; as, the wedding comes off next week. "Came off with glory and succe ." - Hudibras. To come on, to advance; to make progre ; to thrive; as, he comes on well. "Come on, and do the worst you can." Dryden. "They mend their pace as night comes on." Granville. To come over, to pa from one side to another. "A man in changing his side,... is seldom esteemed by those he comes over to." - Add is on. -To rise, and pa over, in distillation. "Liquor that is wont to come over in this analysis." - Boyle. To come out , to be made public; to be revealed; as, a new book has come out . To come to an i ue; as, to come out well in the end. To come out with , to dis close; to give publicity to; to reveal, or publish; as, to come out with a story. To come short, to be wanting; as he came short of his dinner. To come to , to consent or yield; to become reconciled again. "What is this, if any parson will not come to?-Shaks. To come to , to amount to; as, it comes to a large sum.To come to one's self , to recover; to be restored to consciousne or composure. To come to pa , to fall out; to occur; to happen. To come up, to rise; to ascend. To spring up; to shoot above the ground; as a flower comes up . -To come into use, as a style, mode, or fashion; as, velvet coats are coming up again. To come up. ( Naut .) To slack off a rope or tackle.To come up the capstan, to reverse its proper action, so as to slacken a rope or hawser. To come up the tackle fall, to gently ease off the tackle. To come up to , to rise to; to be on a par with; to vie with; as, to come up to another in dre or appearance. To come up with, to overtake; as, to come up with a ship at sea. To come upon, to fall on; to make an attack or onslaught; to invade; as, to come upon the enemy. (In the imperative , come is often used interjectionally, to encourage, excite, or command attention.)