comby, a.
(ˈkəʊmɪ)
[f. comb n.1 + -y.]
Having combs or a comb-like structure; full of interstices like a honey-comb; favose.
| 1772 Projects in Ann. Reg. 107/2 We have only two kinds of ashes..solid, or hard, and comby, or light ashes. 1885 Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 585 Banded, comby [structure of mineral veins], in parallel (and sometimes exactly duplicated) layers or combs. |