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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Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..
Outlandish :: Outlandish (a.) Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech..
Emu Wren :: Emu wren () A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers..
Emodin :: Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)..
Jag :: Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Tramontane :: Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous..
Fell :: Fell (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
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.].
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..
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.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity..
Hairdresser :: Hairdresser (n.) One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.
Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..
Pheon :: Pheon (n.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Barbarism :: Barbarism (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage..
Fellness :: Fellness (n.) The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity.
Savage :: Savage (n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian..
Semibarbaric :: Semibarbaric (a.) Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display..
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