Editing Comb (section)

===Nit comb===
[[File:HMB Läusekamm Jungsteinzeit.jpg|thumb|[[Head louse|Nit]] comb, made of bent twigs, [[Sutz-Lattrigen]], around 2700 BC]]
Specialized combs such as "[[flea]] combs" or "[[head louse|nit]] combs" can be used to remove [[macroscopic]] [[parasite]]s and cause them damage by combing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Copeland |first=Lennie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-lJ0tQazlcC&q=nit%2520comb&pg=PT33 |title=The Lice-Buster Book: What to Do When Your Child Comes Home with Head Lice |publisher=Grand Central |year=2001 |isbn=9780759526297 |language=en}}</ref> A comb with teeth fine enough to remove nits is sometimes called a "fine-toothed comb", as in the [[metaphor]]ic usage "go over [something] with a fine-toothed comb", meaning to search closely and in detail. Sometimes in this meaning, "fine-toothed comb" has been reanalysed as "fine toothcomb" and then shortened to "toothcomb", or changed into forms such as "the finest of toothcombs".<ref>{{cite web |title=fine toothcomb/fine-tooth comb |url=http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/toothcomb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528052026/http://www.wsu.edu/%7Ebrians/errors/toothcomb.html |archive-date=2010-05-28 |access-date=2012-01-19 |publisher=WSU.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Morewitz |first=H. |date=2008 |title=A Brief History of Lice Combs |url=http://nuvoforheadlice.com/lice_combs.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510153456/http://nuvoforheadlice.com/lice_combs.htm |archive-date=2008-05-10 |access-date=2008-06-29 |website=Nuvoforheadlice.com}}</ref>