. [ Written also beach-comber or beach comber. ] (Naut.) 1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. F. T. Bullen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a vagrant living on a beach. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value, such as lost objects or seashells. [ PJC ]

A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber. [ Amer., archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhæus vulgaris of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A long, curling wave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Encumbrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cumber. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Encumber. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Encumberment. ] Hindrance; molestation.[ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Encumber. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a mackerel, Gr. sko`mbros. ] (Zool.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Cf. F. scombéroïde. ] (Zool.) Same as Scombroid. [ 1913 Webster ]