\Comb"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs;
   as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of
      long staple; short wool is carded.
2. pl.
   (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as
       loose, tangled hair.
   (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
             The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of
             their hair is supplied by borders and combings.
                                               --Jer. Taylor.
   (c) (Naut.) See {Coamings}.
{Combing machine} (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing
   wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and
   more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also {Carding
   machine}, under {Carding}.