Barb
Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
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.
A bit for a horse.
One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
To shave or dress the beard of.
To clip; to mow.
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
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Barb Quotations
Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die.
Soren Kierkegaard
There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.
Charles Baudelaire
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
Walter Savage Landor
I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it.
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Barb Translations
barb in German is Widerhaken
barb in Norwegian is brodd, tagg, mothake
barb in Swedish is hulling, hulling
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