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Coomb

Coomb, n.

noun

(kōom), n. [A-S. cumb, a liquid measure, Ger. kump, kumpen, kumpf, bowl, trough, Gr. κύμβος, cup, basin, Skr. kumbha, water-jar, Lat. cumba, cymba, Gr. κύμβη, boat, skiff.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]

Coomb or Coombe, n.

noun

(kōom), n. [See supra.] A valley on the declivity of a hill, in the shape of an amphitheater. [Prov. Eng.]

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Cōmb or Cōmbe or Cōombe, n.p. 253nounThat unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey.