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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Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (a.) Half barbarous; partially civilized.
Barbered :: Barbered (imp. & p. p.) of Barbe.
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language..
Brutalize :: Brutalize (v. i.) To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (n.) One partly civilized.
Barb :: Barb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
A :: A () A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they..
Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..
Grain :: Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points..
Rheic :: Rheic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum)..
Pixie :: Pixie (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring..
Tonsor :: Tonsor (n.) A barber.
Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..
Pieplant :: Pieplant (n.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb..
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.
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. i.) To become barbarous.
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..
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