Definition of barb

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Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary..

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Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..
Binny :: Binny (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food..
Barber :: Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
Cyprinoid :: Cyprinoid (n.) One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals..
Barbicel :: Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
Grain :: Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points..
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..
Semibarbarous :: Semibarbarous (a.) Half barbarous.
Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..
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..
Barbette :: Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
Oregon Grape :: Oregon grape () An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries..
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.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Barbated :: Barbated (a.) Having barbed points.
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies..
Mahonia :: Mahonia (n.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage..
Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. t.) To make barbarous.
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