Definition of barb

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

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Poller :: Poller (n.) One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter..
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.
Magot :: Magot (n.) The Barbary ape.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
Barrenwort :: Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific..
Hairdresser :: Hairdresser (n.) One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
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..
Zygodactylae :: Zygodactylae (n. pl.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds..
Barbarities :: Barbarities (pl. ) of Barbarit.
Barbermonger :: Barbermonger (n.) A fop.
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
Loach :: Loach (n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish..
Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) A very minute barb or beard.
Barbicanage :: Barbicanage (n.) Alt. of Barbacanag.
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..
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