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1.nounThe 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.
2.nounA hurtful or disparaging remark.
3.nounA beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
4.nounArmor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
5.nounA horse.
6.nounOne of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
7.nounAny of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
8.nounMenticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish), found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
9.nounA hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
10.nounA blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
11.nounA muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
12.nounPaps, 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. [Written also barbel and barble.]
13.nounA bit for a horse.
14.nounA plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
15.verbTo furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
16.verbTo cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
17.verbTo cut (hair).
18.verbTo shave or dress the beard of.
19.verbTo clip; to mow.