barb

barb
n
1. prickle, pricker, sticker, thorn, barbule; pin, needle, bristle, spine, quill, spicule, Zool. spiculum; spur, gaff, spike, prong, tine; snag, jag, tooth, notch; cusp, nib, acumination, point, tip.
2. insult, affront, contumely; dig, cut, quip, slap in the face; gibe, jape, jeer, sneer, scoff.
3.Also barbe (all of clothing) dicky, bib, vestee, vest, waist, insert; scarf, cravat, muffler, necktie, neckband, Obs. neckcloth.
v
4. spur, spike, prong; sharpen, acuminate, tip, Brit. nib.

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(or excrescences like a beard), / (of a hook, etc.), , , / (of the Barbary breed), , ,


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