Each thread is now taken separately through the comb-like instrument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

Flour clouded his clothing, and he wore a comb-like mustache and wire-rim glasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuning Pegs] Reference

Hand-woven tapestries are called "comb-wrought" because the instrument used in weaving was comb-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference

From time to time the surface of the absorbent is renewed by serrating it with a comb-like instrument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference

Inside each box are wooden frames which hold comb-like cells where the bees reproduce and create honey.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Day in The Life of a Beekeeper | Impact Lab] Reference

Then it forces the water out through comb-like plates which keep the krill in and let the water filter out'.    From Wordnik.com.  [At My Table] Reference

From this construction hangs a comb-like array of dried coconut leaves and pieces of discarded fishing nets.    From Wordnik.com.  [28. Non-toxic aquarium fish-catching] Reference

After this the threads are passed through a comb-like instrument, having about fourteen divisions to the inch (see fig. 173).    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

The leaf is 'ripped' with a comb-like tool and the mid-ribs removed, leaving the straw strips which are later used for weaving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

When these are long they are a sign of bad disposition; if the side toward the nostril be fleshy and comb-like, they are a sign of dishonesty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Animals] Reference

The weapon resembles a scythe in shape, but is unlike that implement in that it is fitted with a series of comb-like teeth, exceedingly sharp and graduated in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference

Having laid these two foundations at this distance from one another, build cross walls between them, uniting the outer and inner foundation, in a comb-like arrangement, set like the teeth of a saw.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference

For answer Bigley pointed up at the ragged comb-like ridge above us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore] Reference

They eat minute plants and animals gathered with comb-like front tarsi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sierra Sun - Top Stories] Reference

On the leading edge of the primary feathers, comb-like flutings are found.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]

Then running his fingers comb-like through his hair, he gave that also a jaunty set.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley] Reference

To eat, they use comb-like structures in their mouths called "gill rakers" to catch food like krill.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

In a number of cases a comb-like figure made of thin fillets has been added to the shoulder of a vase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510] Reference

It then filters out tiny marine creatures through a special comb-like structure in its mouth called baleen.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

Southern right whales are baleen whales that filter their tiny prey from the water with their comb-like mouths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Beetles have special comb-like organs on their legs that they use to clean their feet when they get contaminated.    From Wordnik.com.  [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference

Even units that utilized frame memory experienced comb noise or comb-like lines when rendering high-speed sequences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox] Reference

Deinterlace: Converts fields into progressive frames free of comb-like artifacts using field reconstruction and Optical Flow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creative COW News] Reference

Basket similar to those used by the Zuñians in sacred dances, with terraced margin, plain band inside, and comb-like figures outside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428] Reference

Unlike a human's jawbone, a blue whale's jaw has no teeth attached to it - only baleen, a comb-like sieve to keep the krill from escaping.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

These beautiful and affectionate human-like creatures of the water, wear, attached to their front flipper, a handsome comb-like protuberance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Human Side of Animals] Reference

THE RESPIRATION OF FISHES is effected by means of those comb-like organs which are placed on each side of the neck, and which are called gills.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Household Management] Reference

The kit looks like Corsair's Dominator series with the comb-like heatsink, and performance is similar to Geil and Aeneon's top of the range DDR2.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inquirer] Reference

The energy of these comb-like laser pulses is known so well that they can be used to calibrate the energy of light coming in from the distant star.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

The term pectinate sulcate is employed on account of a series of small elevations on the ridges, giving them a pectinate, or comb-like, appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

41 For keeping sweaters looking good, there is a wonderful little comb-like gadget called D. Fuzz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Off-Grid - life unplugged: solar, wind, hydro, architecture, smallholdings, free stuff] Reference

C. ctenoides (comb-like); Fig. 20.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference

M. pectinata (comb-like); Fig. 67.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference