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Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..

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

Patience :: Patience (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb..

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.

Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast..

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.

Magot :: Magot (n.) The Barbary ape.

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..

Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..

Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity..

Ironsmith :: Ironsmith (n.) An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith..

Incivility :: Incivility (n.) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.

Barbadoes :: Barbadoes (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc..

Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.

Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..

Fishgig :: Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

Emodin :: Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)..

Barbing :: Barbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bar.

Para Grass :: Para grass () A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.

Radioli :: Radioli (n. pl.) The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.

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