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▪ I. barbing, vbl. n.1|ˈbɑːbɪŋ|
[f. barb v. + -ing1.]
†1. Shaving, hairdressing; clipping. Obs.
1485Act. 1 Hen. VII, x. §7 The Wolle shuld be as it was shorne..withoute any sortyng, barbyng or clakkyng. 1581Savile Tacitus' Hist. (1591) 215 Suffred his yellow haire to growe long without barbing. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. ii. 49 The Abantes..were the first that used this kind of barbing. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Barbing is sometimes used in antient statutes for sheering.
attrib.1639Denton in Verney Papers (1853) 236 Untill you send me a paire of barbinge sissers.
2. Furnishing with barbs.
▪ II. ˈbarbing, vbl. n.2
[f. barb n.2 + -ing1.]
= barding.
1799Scott Sheph. T. in Lockhart (1839) II. 35 In every stall..Stood a steed in barbing bright.
▪ III. ˈbarbing, ppl. a.
[f. barb v. + -ing2.]
a. Shaving; stripping bare.
b. Furnishing with barbs.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. iii. 28 As barbing Autumne robs the trees of leaues. |