kem, kemb, keme
variants of kam(b)e, comb n.1, assimilated to kemb v.
| 1583 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1860) 83 A wyndocloth, ij kemys poiks, 16s. ? 16.. Alison Gross in Child Ballads (1857) I. 288 My sister Maisry came to me, Wi' silver bason, and silver kemb. |