Definition of barb

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Barb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.

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Patience :: Patience (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb..
Barbed :: Barbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bar.
Barbarism :: Barbarism (n.) An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness..
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
Wire-tailed :: Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules..
Barb :: Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Couscousou :: Couscousou (n.) A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
Bullfighting :: Bullfighting (n.) A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain..
Rhabarbarin :: Rhabarbarin (n.) Alt. of Rhabarbarin.
Magot :: Magot (n.) The Barbary ape.
Back :: Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism..
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
Barbecue :: Barbecue (v. t.) To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
Tonsor :: Tonsor (n.) A barber.
Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (n.) One partly civilized.
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..
Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
Rhabarbarine :: Rhabarbarine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.
Barberry :: Barberry (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root..
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