Chapter 14, Item 63a
Comb parts
The parts of a combe.
The end teeth; the midle, the sides; the small teeth; the wide teeth;
the Back, haueing teeth on one side;
Round teeth haueing the teeth round and stiffe;
Flat teeth the teeth slender and thine.
Bastard teeth hath close teeth;
Open teeth, teeth wide asunder.
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Chapter 14, Item 63b
Comb types
Sorts of combs.
The Horse or Mane comb, a strong wood comb with a thick back.
The Wiske combe, haue teeth one one side, and are wide and slender.
The Back tooth comb, hauing teeth but on one side.
The Beard comb, a small sort of comb, almost 4 square.
The double comb, two combe one clapsed into the other.
The Merkin comb.
The Peruwick comb, haueing round open and strong teeth.
The small tooth comb, haueing teeth on both sides, on side wider then the other.
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Chapter 14, Item 63c
Comb makers terms
Comb makers terms.
Cutting is the sawing of the horn into it lengths.
Pressing, is by heat to open and streighten the horn.
Mark out the patterns, is scoring out on the horn what bigness the combs shalbe.
Choping, is the bringing then into the fashion of a comb.
Shaveing, is to smooth it into comb fashion.
Bordering, to score it in the midle, to shew how fare the teeth are to be sawed in.
Dantaching, is the cuting or sawing in of the teeth.
Grailing, is the clensing of the teeth.
Priting, is the making of the ends of the teeth three square.
Plantum [sic], is the bringing of the teeth and back smooth.
Rounding, is the turning off of the corners.
Redishing, is the finishing and smoothing of them vp.
Polishing, is the gleasing of them to make them shine.
Sorting and binding them up by dozens in papers.
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Chapter 14, Item 63d
Combs
Of what combs are generally made.
Wood combs, made of light and close wood as black thorn.
Box combs, made of Box tree.
Horn combs, made of oxe and cows horns.
Ivory combs, made of Elephants teeth.
Bone combs, made of the shank bones of Horses and other large beests.
Tortois combs, made of the sea and land Tortois shell, the counterfeit combs of this sort are Horn stained with Tortois shell colours.
Cocus combs, made of cocus wood.
Lead combs, used by such as haue red hair, to make it of another colour.
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