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Comb"-shaped` (?), a. (Bot.)
Pectinate.

Com*bust" (?), a. [L.
combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com-
+ burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf.
bustum funeral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna
a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush
to burn.] 1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to
be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when
not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.
[Obs.]

Planets that are oft combust.

Milton.

Com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n.
The quality of being combustible.

Com*bus"ti*ble (?), a. [Cf. F.
combustible.] 1. Capable of taking
fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible
matter.

South.

2. Easily kindled or excited; quick;
fiery; irascible.

Arnold was a combustible character.


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