Definition:
- (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A bit for a horse.
- (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
- (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
- (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
- (v. t.) To clip; to mow.
- (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
Compare barb with other words:
barb vs. barm
barb vs. barf
barb vs. garb
barb vs. barn
barb vs. braid
barb vs. bark
barb vs. bare
barb vs. pheon
barb vs. fishgig
barb vs. barbicel
barb vs. barbellate
barb vs. penninerved
barb vs. minstrel
barb vs. nail
bar vs. barb
barb vs. herl
barb vs. barbule
barb vs. barbed
barb vs. quill
barb vs. harl
barb vs. cilice
barb vs. diminutive
barb vs. barbara
barb vs. harpoon
barb vs. lance
barb vs. moor
barb vs. breed
barb vs. barbary
barb vs. mow
barb vs. clip
barb vs. dress
barb vs. shave
barb vs. spear
barb vs. cover
barb vs. hurt
barb vs. hold
barb vs. furnish
barb vs. sock
barb vs. fastener
barb vs. bit
barb vs. plastic
barb vs. barble
barb vs. barbel
barb vs. swollen
barb vs. inflame
barb vs. cattle
barb vs. horse
barb vs. tongue
barb vs. submaxillary
barb vs. membrane
barb vs. mucous
barb vs. projection
barb vs. mourner
barb vs. muffler
barb vs. nun
barb vs. pigeon
barb vs. dun
barb vs. blackish
barb vs. hook
barb vs. double
barb vs. bristle
barb vs. hair
barb vs. whiting
barb vs. coast
barb vs. kingfish
barb vs. feather
barb vs. branch
barb vs. beard
barb vs. remark
barb vs. disparaging
barb vs. hurtful
barb vs. obliquely
barb vs. crosswise
barb vs. sharp
barb vs. prevent
barb vs. extracted
barb vs. fishhook
barb vs. point
arrow vs. barb
barb vs. bard
barb vs. wyvern
barb vs. vane
barb vs. grain
barb vs. dagger