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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

cumb

a liquid measure, perh. from LL.

cumba

boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. [GREEK] hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G.

kumpf

bowl.]

A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.

[Written also

comb

, COMB,

Noun.

[Gr.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.