combyadj.
/ˈkəʊmi/ Having combs or a comb-like structure; full of interstices like a honey-comb; favose.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities > small
cellulate?a1425
cavernous1597
alveated1623
honeycombed1633
favaginous1658
cellulated1693
vesiculated1703
cellulous1712
cellulara1728
cellulose1752
cavernulous1758
comby1773
alveolate1793
vesiculate1828
cavernulated1875
cellularized1942
1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 Projects 107/2 We have only two kinds of ashes..solid, or hard, and comby, or light ashes.
1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 585 Banded, comby [structure of mineral veins], in parallel (and sometimes exactly duplicated) layers or combs.
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adj.1773- chuck in one's marble
- chuck it
- chuck lathe
- chuck off
- chuck one's toys out of the cot
- chuck one's toys out of the pram
- chuck out
- chuck the seven
- chuck up
- chuck up the sponge
- chuck wagon
- chuck-a-luck
- chuck-and-chance-it
- chuck-board
- chuck-button
- chuck-farthing
- chuck-halfpenny
- chuck-hole
- chuck-lathe
- chuck-luck
- chuck-over
- chuck-up
- chuck-wagon race
- chuck-wills-widow
- chuckaby