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English Dictionary: coombe by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Comb \Comb\, Combe \Combe\ (? [or] ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of
      Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.]
      That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its
      continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that
      issues into it. [Written also {coombe}.] --Buckland.
  
               A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. --Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coomb \Coomb\, Coombe \Coombe\, n. [See {Comb}, {Combe}, in this
      sense.]
      A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See {Comb}, {Combe}.
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