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Barb 1Definition: Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
Barb 2Definition: A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. Barb 3Definition: Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. Barb 4Definition: The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. Barb 5Definition: A bit for a horse. Barb 6Definition: One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather. Barb 7Definition: A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; also improperly called whiting. Barb 8Definition: A hair or bristle ending in a double hook. Barb 9Definition: To shave or dress the beard of. Barb 10Definition: To clip; to mow. Barb 11Definition: To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. Barb 12Definition: The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. Barb 13Definition: A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary. Barb 14Definition: Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., barb 15Definition: one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather barb 16Definition: a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove barb 17Definition: the pointed part of barbed wire barb 18Definition: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead''"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" barb 19Definition: provide with barbs; "barbed wire" barb 20Definition: provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
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