Definition of barb

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Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..

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Savage :: Savage (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit..
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
Barbing :: Barbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bar.
Polygonaceous :: Polygonaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera..
Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..
Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.
Brutalize :: Brutalize (v. i.) To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty..
Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors..
Radius :: Radius (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Couvade :: Couvade (n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill..
Barb :: Barb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..
Lycine :: Lycine (n.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.
Cyprinoid :: Cyprinoid (n.) One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc..
Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..
Couscousou :: Couscousou (n.) A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..
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