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Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.

Emodin :: Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)..

Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country..

Barbarously :: Barbarously (adv.) In a barbarous manner.

Rude :: Rude (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies..

Goth :: Goth (n.) One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person..

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..

Boxthorn :: Boxthorn (n.) A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum..

Uncivilization :: Uncivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.

Barber :: Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Barberry :: Barberry (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root..

Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..

Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (n.) One partly civilized.

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.

Barbel :: Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3..

Barbara :: Barbara (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

Savagery :: Savagery (n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity.

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.

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