Kemb

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of comb. alt-of, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of comb. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

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

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