BARB
\bˈɑːb], \bˈɑːb], \b_ˈɑː_b]\
Definitions of BARB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
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a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
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the pointed part of barbed wire
By Princeton University
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one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
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a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
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the pointed part of barbed wire
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provide with barbs, as of fences, for example; "barbed wire"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
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A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
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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.
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A bit for a horse.
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One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
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A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
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To shave or dress the beard of.
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To clip; to mow.
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To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
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A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
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Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
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A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; - also improperly called whiting.
By Oddity Software
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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
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A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
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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.
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A bit for a horse.
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One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
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A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
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To shave or dress the beard of.
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To clip; to mow.
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To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
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A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
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Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
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A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; - also improperly called whiting.
By Noah Webster.
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That which resembles a beard at the mouth of animals; one of a race of horses noted for speed and endurance, brought by the Moors to Spain; the sharp point extending backward from the point of an arrow, fish-hook, etc.; any sharp projection resembling such a point.
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To furnish with sharp points.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The beard-like jag near the point of an arrow, fish-hook, etc.
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To arm with barbs, as an arrow, etc.
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A swift kind of horse, the breed of which came from Barbary in North Africa.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To provide with a barb; make cutting.
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A backward-projecting point, as on a fish-hook, etc.
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A horse of the breed brought by the Moors from Barbary into Spain.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One of delicate thread-like structures extending obliquely from a feather rachis, and forming the vane; a hooked hair-like bristle.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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