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Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..

Arrow :: Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow..

Gossypium :: Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these..

Barbadian :: Barbadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.

Burbot :: Burbot (n.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin..

Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (a.) Half barbarous; partially civilized.

Violantin :: Violantin (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid..

Barbicel :: Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

Grain :: Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points..

Barb :: 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..

Barbecue :: Barbecue (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog..

Jag :: Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.

Gothic :: Gothic (a.) Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous..

Incivilization :: Incivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.

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

Barbed :: Barbed (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form..

Sprigged :: Sprig (n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..

Loach :: Loach (n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish..

Barbaic :: Barbaic (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east..

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