the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by combing (2)
to kemb fromor off: to remove or obtain by means of combing, or by a similar process. Also with out. Cf. comb, v.1 4. Obsolete.
transferred. To scrape or rake with an action like that of a comb. to comb off, to remove by such an action (cf. brush, v.2 5); also figurative.