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I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. F. T. Bullen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber. [ Amer., archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. (Zool.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhæus vulgaris of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. To cumber. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Encumbrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Encumber. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Encumberment. ] Hindrance; molestation.[ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Encumber. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., a mackerel, Gr.
a. & n. [ Cf. F. scombéroïde. ] (Zool.) Same as Scombroid. [ 1913 Webster ]