Cryptic crossword clue
You may part with this part of fowl 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word COMB

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The straight part

We know that "You may part with this/part of fowl" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case you may part with this/part of fowl = comb.

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What does COMB mean?

1. A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
2. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
4. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
5. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
6. The top part of a gun’s stock.
7. The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
8. The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
9. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
10. A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
11. The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
12. The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
13. One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
14. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
15. A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
16. A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
17. A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.

1. (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
2. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
4. To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

1. (abbreviation) Combination.

1. A valley, often wooded and often with no river
2. A cirque.

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