Definition of barb

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Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..

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Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
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..
Sprigged :: Sprig (n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. i.) To become barbarous.
Oregon Grape :: Oregon grape () An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries..
Couscousou :: Couscousou (n.) A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
Heathen :: Heathen (a.) Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
Drabble :: Drabble (v. i.) To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels..
Brutalize :: Brutalize (v. i.) To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty..
Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.
Barbadian :: Barbadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.
Barbered :: Barbered (imp. & p. p.) of Barbe.
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. t.) To make barbarous.
Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..
Heathenism :: Heathenism (n.) The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state..
Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
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