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  2. Hot comb - Wikipedia

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    An illustration for a hot comb patent from 1920. A hot comb (also known as a straightening comb or pressing comb) is a metal comb that is used to straighten moderate or coarse hair and create a smoother hair texture. [1] A hot comb is heated and used to straighten the hair from the roots.

  3. Combing - Wikipedia

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    The row of pins known as a top comb is a very fine tooth comb, for example, 25 teeth per inch; it is inserted in cylindrical combed fringe to act as an impediment to contaminates (burr, seed etc.) flow. The top comb acts as an impediment to contamination moving into a combed sliver. On a next circular combing short finer and contaminants are ...

  4. Combing (torture) - Wikipedia

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    The tradition that a torturous death by combing with a knaphos was inflicted by Croesus was recorded by Herodotus. [2] Later mentions [citation needed] from the Middle East and Asia Minor often associate combing with heroic martyrdom for the sake of belief in the Abrahamic God and loyalty to one's Jewish, Christian, or Muslim faith.

  5. Corbett's electrostatic machine - Wikipedia

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    Rotating a glass cylinder in contact with a silk pad caused a static charge to accumulate on the cylinder. A metal comb collected this charge, which was then stored in a Leyden jar. From the jar, the electrical charge could then be released into the patient, producing a shock akin to "touching a doorknob after walking across carpet in dry weather".

  6. Heckling (flax) - Wikipedia

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    The finer the final heckling comb, the finer the yarn spun from that flax can be. An example of a progression of five combs is first using a heckling comb with four nails per square inch, then one with 12 per inch, then 25, next 48, and finally 80 nails per inch. The first three remove the straw, and the last two split and polish the fibers.

  7. Canaanite ivory comb - Wikipedia

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    The Canaanite Ivory Comb is a 3,700-year-old artifact discovered in the ruins of Lachish, an ancient Canaanite city-state located in modern-day Israel. Measuring approximately 3.5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.38 by 0.98 in), the comb is made of elephant ivory and contains the earliest known complete sentence written in a phonetic alphabet. [ 1 ]

  8. List of food preparation utensils - Wikipedia

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    Operated by pressing the fruit against a fluted peak to release the juice into the bowl. Lobster pick: Lobster fork: A long-handled, narrow pick, used to pull meat out of narrow legs and other parts of a lobster or crab. [2] Mandoline: A mandoline is used for slicing and for cutting juliennes; with suitable attachments, it can make crinkle-cuts.

  9. Comb and paper - Wikipedia

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    Comb and paper is a rudimentary musical instrument which consists of a comb with a piece of paper pressed to it. To play it, one has to press their lips to the paper pressed to the comb and sing or vocalize into it. The voice makes the paper vibrate and changes the voice quality.