Comber \Comb"er\, n.

1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

2. A long, curling wave.

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Comber \Com"ber\, v. t. To cumber. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

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Comber \Com"ber\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Comber \Com"ber\, n. Encumbrance. [Obs.]

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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,v.]

Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.]

[Written also comber.]

A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H. Wotton.

Sage counsel in cumber. --Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)