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  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. 




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