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barb 1 B0068200 (bärb)n.1. A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook.2. A cutting remark.3. Zoology A small, sharp point projecting in reverse direction from the tip, as on a porcupine quill or a bee sting.4. Zoology One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.5. Botany A short, sharp, reflexed bristle or hairlike projection.6. See barbel1.7. Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genera Barbus, Puntius, and related genera of the family Cyprinidae.8. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn in medieval times.tr.v. barbed, barb·ing, barbs To provide or furnish with a barb.
[Middle English barbe, from Old French, beard, from Latin barba; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.]
barb 2 B0068200 (bärb)n.1. A horse of a breed introduced by the Moors into Spain from northern Africa that has high withers and an arched neck and is known for its speed and endurance.2. Any of a breed of domestic pigeon that has prominent wattles around the eyes.
[French barbe, from Italian barbero, Berber, from Vulgar LatinBarbaria, Barbary States, from Latin barbarus, barbarous; see barbarous.]barbs (bɑːbz) pl n (Pharmacology) informal US barbituratesTranslationsEncyclopediaSeebarbbarbs
Barbs Regional drug slang for cocaine.barbs lateral lamellae which project from the quill or calamus of the FEATHER and form the vane. |