Definition of barb

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Barb (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners..

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Gossypium :: Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these..
Barbotine :: Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
Barbre :: Barbre (a.) Barbarian.
Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. i.) To become barbarous.
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) A very minute barb or beard.
Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Tonsorial :: Tonsorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving..
Treebeard :: Treebeard (n.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
Gothicize :: Gothicize (v. t.) To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.
Gaff :: Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon..
Barbarousness :: Barbarousness (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..
Oregon Grape :: Oregon grape () An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Barbecue :: Barbecue (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog..
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
Rhabarbarine :: Rhabarbarine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.
Barb :: Barb (n.) 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..
Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..
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