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  • English Word Barb Definition A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
  • English Word Barb Definition To shave or dress the beard of.
  • English Word Barb Definition To clip; to mow.
  • English Word Barb Definition To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
  • English Word Barb Definition The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
  • English Word Barb Definition A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
  • English Word Barb Definition Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
  • English Word Barbacan Definition See Barbican.
  • English Word Barbacan Definition A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.
  • English Word Barbacan Definition An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
  • English Word Barbacanage Definition See Barbicanage.
  • English Word Barbacanage Definition Money paid for the support of a barbican.
  • English Word Barbadian Definition Of or pertaining to Barbados.
  • English Word Barbadian Definition A native of Barbados.
  • English Word Barbadoes Definition A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
  • English Word Barbados Definition Alt. of Barbadoes
  • English Word Barbaic Definition Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.
  • English Word Barbaic Definition Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
  • English Word Barbara Definition The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
  • English Word Barbaresque Definition Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.
  • English Word Barbarian Definition A foreigner.
  • English Word Barbarian Definition A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
  • English Word Barbarian Definition A person destitute of culture.
  • English Word Barbarian Definition A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
  • English Word Barbarian Definition Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
  • English Word Barbarism Definition An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.
  • English Word Barbarism Definition A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
  • English Word Barbarism Definition An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
  • English Word Barbarities Definition of Barbarity
  • English Word Barbarity Definition The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.