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Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..

Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..

Radius :: Radius (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.

Binny :: Binny (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food..

Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..

Barbicanage :: Barbicanage (n.) Alt. of Barbacanag.

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

Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art..

Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet..

Tonsor :: Tonsor (n.) A barber.

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..

Rude :: Rude (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies..

Barde :: Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.].

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.

Ochreated :: Ochreated (a.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass..

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

Barbiton :: Barbiton (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

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

Berberine :: Berberine (n.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants..

Barbated :: Barbated (a.) Having barbed points.

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