Definition of barb

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

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Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. i.) To become barbarous.
Binny :: Binny (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food..
Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.
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..
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..
Semibarbaric :: Semibarbaric (a.) Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display..
Barbed :: Barbed (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form..
Barbicel :: Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
Ptenoglossa :: Ptenoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather..
Barbarism :: Barbarism (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A person destitute of culture.
Inhumanity :: Inhumanity (n.) The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
Violuric :: Violuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystalline substance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts..
Barb :: Barb (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners..
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..
Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..
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..
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.
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