Definition of barb

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Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

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Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Gothicism :: Gothicism (n.) Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.
Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (a.) Half barbarous; partially civilized.
Uncivilization :: Uncivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.
Ochreated :: Ochreated (a.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass..
Savage :: Savage (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit..
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country..
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) See Barbican.
Barbarizing :: Barbarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbariz.
Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..
Mahonia :: Mahonia (n.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage..
Rebarbarize :: Rebarbarize (v. t.) To reduce again to barbarism.
Barbarousness :: Barbarousness (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
Malpighia :: Malpighia (n.) A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
Tonsor :: Tonsor (n.) A barber.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity..
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..
Barbadian :: Barbadian (n.) A native of Barbados.
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