(n.) One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
(n.) A long, curling wave.
(v. t.) To cumber.
(n.) Encumbrance.
(n.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
Example Sentences:
(1) They were detained a short distance from where McGuigan was gunned down in front of his wife at their home in Comber Court.
(2) A female British soldier and a Royal Marine who died in an exchange of gunfire with a member of the Afghan police while on patrol in Helmand have been named as Channing Day, 25, from Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, and Corporal David O'Connor.
(3) Around 9pm on 12 August, as McGuigan was pulling up in his car with his wife at their home in Comber Court, two men clad in dark clothing ambushed him.
(4) Nesbitt said: "It was with great regret and much sadness that I learned last night of the tragic death of a young woman from Comber who died in the service of her country alongside a colleague from the Royal Marines in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan.
(5) MFO enzyme activities were measured in microsomes from whole mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) comber livers (Serranus cabrilla), or Posidonia oceanica etiolated tissues, and PAH contents were determined in sediments collected in coastal locations of the French Riviera and Corsica during 3 oceanographic cruises in 1987-1988.
(6) The Ulster Unionist party leader, Mike Nesbitt, paid tribute to the soldier from Comber and expressed sympathy for her family.
(7) The G8 menu As tweeted by David Cameron Kilkeel Crab, Prawn and Avocado Roast fillet and braised shin of Kettyle beef, violet artichokes, Comber new potatoes plus seasonal vegetables Apple crumble, with Bushmills whiskey custard and a selection of cheeses from the British Isles.
Gaper
Definition:
(n.) One who gapes.
(n.) A European fish. See 4th Comber.
(n.) A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.
(n.) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of these peptides has been identified as HLLVMK (thioureidylfluorescein)GAPER by use of a specific immunoadsorbent.
(2) An immunoadsorbent specific for the carboxy-terminal sequence -GAPER, which comprises residues 502-506 of the alpha-polypeptide of ovine sodium and potassium ion activated adenosinetriphosphatase [(Na+ + K+)-ATPase], was used to isolate the products of the reaction between the lysine immediately preceding this sequence in the intact protein and either [3H]acetic anhydride or fluorescein 5'-isothiocyanate.
(3) Antibodies against the sequence -GAPER were purified by immunoadsorption, using the synthetic peptide attached to agarose beads.
(4) The immunochemical reactions between the specific polyclonal antibodies raised against the sequence-GAPER and denatured or enzymically active (Na+ + K+)-ATPase were also investigated.