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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Barbing}.] 1. To shave or dress the beard of [Obs.] 2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston. 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barbed \Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See {Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barbed \Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as a barbed arrow; barbed wire. {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: barbed adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {biting}, {nipping}, {pungent}] 2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits" [syn: {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery}, {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {spiny}, {thorny}]
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