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

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

Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. t.) To make barbarous.

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

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

Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

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..

Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..

Rheum :: Rheum (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

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

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

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

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.

Barb :: Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen..

Cannibalism :: Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

Loach :: Loach (n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish..

Barbituric Acid :: Barbituric acid () A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea..

Incivilization :: Incivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.

Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.

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