combs

The combs were a delicate pearl that matched the luster of her skin and the creamy color of her day dress.

The Highlander’s Stolen Bride Melanie George 2006

The combs were a delicate pearl that matched the luster of her skin and the creamy color of her day dress.

The Highlander’s Stolen Bride Melanie George 2006

Hair ornaments are not generally worn, but nearly every Negrito, male and female, especially in southern Zambales and Bataan, possesses one or more of the so-called combs of bamboo.

Negritos of Zambales William Allan Reed

None of these so-called combs, for they are really embryo reeds, are shown on the wall illustrations so that they no doubt belong to a later date than that of the XIIth Dynasty.

Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms 1890

A PARCEL of drones got into a hive among the bees, and disputed the title with them, swearing that the honey and the combs were their goods.

Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects, Religious, Political, and Personal 1861

Knowing that the first fibers pulled off of the combs will be the longest, and having a goal of evenly mixed lengths of fibers in the finished product, I split this in half at the middle of the rope, lining up the first pulled off tip (longest fibers) with the first torn bit of the second half (midlength / shorter fibers), 'planking' them.

sock prØn. 2009

The loan was divided among 42 villagers to assist them to buy small items such as combs, scissors, needles and other necessities to start their own home businesses.

Entrepreneurship: What does it REALLY mean? Clyde2 2008

The gallery includes a variety of objects from the site that had been used in everyday life, such as combs, eye paint tools, floor panels, small vessels, molds, and an unfinished statue.

Amarna at Penn 2007

Monday, he said Eskom had gone so far as to fit "combs" to the top of pylons to discourage birds from perching and nesting on them.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

There seemed no connection at all with the culture that turned the manufacture of even everyday items such as combs and hairpins into high art, until one understood that Japan was a country of facades.

Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990