When very fine yarns are desired, carding is followed by combing, a process that removes short fibres, leaving a sliver composed entirely of long fibres, all laid parallel, and both smoother and more lustrous than uncombed types.
She's all uncombed hair, freckles and jeans, and is a rather refreshing antidote to various, current, over-stylised female singer-songwriters.
Rastafari "livity," or the principle of balanced lifestyle, includes the wearing of long hair locked in its natural, uncombed state, dressing in the colours of red, green, gold, and black (which symbolize the life force of blood, herbs, royalty, and Africanness), and eating an "I-tal" (natural, vegetarian) diet.
When very fine yarns are desired, carding is followed by combing, a process that removes short fibres, leaving a sliver composed entirely of long fibres, all laid parallel and smoother and more lustrous than uncombed types.
Her short hair — once a fashionable marker among the low-profile and stately wives of top Party officials — was uncombed but not remarkable.
My reaction to this was to leave my hair uncombed for most of my college career.
The owner-buyer, Jeffrey Haber, a thirty-nine-year-old fellow with uncombed blond hair, resembled a pudgy, ungainly boy.
His hair is gray and white, full and uncombed, and that day he had on nondescript, loose-fitting gray pants, a tan cotton windbreaker, sneakers, and a blue-and-gray striped polo shirt, manufactured by his own clothing line, Teha¯ma.
The portrait of Ray was sculpted from life: he's wearing jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, and boat shoes, his longish hair is uncombed, his shoulders are slumped, and he does not sit comfortably in the saddle.
Carlsen was small and cute, with candid eyes and uncombed hair.
