Definition of barb

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Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

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Barbarously :: Barbarously (adv.) In a barbarous manner.
Barbican :: Barbican (n.) Alt. of Barbaca.
Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..
Debarb :: Debarb (v. t.) To deprive of the beard.
Fell :: Fell (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
Couscousou :: Couscousou (n.) A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary..
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..
Gaff :: Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon..
Barber :: Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons..
Barbarities :: Barbarities (pl. ) of Barbarit.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Sandarac :: Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral..
Jag :: Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Barbermonger :: Barbermonger (n.) A fop.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
Barbastel :: Barbastel (n.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips..
Boxthorn :: Boxthorn (n.) A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum..
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