fine comb

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noun

a fine-tooth comb.

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fine-comb

[ fahyn-kohm ]

/ ˈfaɪnˈkoʊm /

verb (used with object)

to use a fine-tooth comb on.

to search through thoroughly.

The head should be thoroughly washed, every day, and then brushed with a soft hair-brush, or combed with a fine comb.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
Notice that the fine comb is removing the short fibers and leaving the long fibers between the fingers.
Textiles|William H. Dooley
A fine comb will further straighten the hairs, but it will also remove the snarled, tangled, short hairs.
Textiles|William H. Dooley
Follow the gilling by the operation of combing, which you will do by combing again, this time with a fine comb.
Textiles|William H. Dooley

And releasing it from the clamp, he took down a fine comb from a nail, and repeated the process.
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls|Anonymous