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Webster 1913 Edition

Kemb

Kemb

(kĕm)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kembed
(kĕmd)
or
Kempt
(kĕmt; 215);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kembing
.]
[OE.
kemben
, AS.
cemban
, fr.
camb
comb.]
To comb.
[Obs.]
His longe hair was
kembed
behind his back.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kemb

KEMB

,
Verb.
T.
To comb, which see. Kemb is an obsolete orthography.

Definition 2024

kemb

kemb

English

Verb

kemb ‎(third-person singular simple present kembs, present participle kembing, simple past and past participle kembed)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Noun

kemb ‎(plural kembs)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Etymology

From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną ‎(“to comb”). Cognate with German kämmen ‎(“to comb”), Icelandic kemba ‎(“to comb; card; debug”).

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