Look up: barb

1. barb
   [n] - the pointed part of barbed wire 2. [n] - a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove 3. [n] - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather 4. [v] - provide with barbs 5. [v] - provide with barbs, as of fences, for example
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2. barb
   dash, drawn to the left of a wind shaft in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere, which represents wind speed. Each barb represents 10 knots, each half-barb 5 knots. Category: The cosmos
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3. Barb
   Barb noun [ French barbe , from Latin barba beard. See Beard , noun ] 1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. « The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs ,...
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4. Barb
   Barb transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Barbed ; present participle & verbal noun Barbing .] 1. To shave or dress the beard of. [ Obsolete] 2. To clip; to mow. [...
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5. Barb
   Barb noun [ French barbe , from Barbarie .] 1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. 2. (Zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
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6. Barb
   Barb noun [ Corrupted from bard .] Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard , noun , 1.
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7. barb
   1. To shave or dress the beard of. ... 2. To clip; to mow. ... 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. 'But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.' (Milton) ... Origin: Barbed; Barbing. ... 1. Beard, or that which resembles it...
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8. barb
   verb provide with barbs; `barbed wire`
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9. barb
   verb provide with barbs; `barbed wire`
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10. Barb
    • (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. • (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of. • (n.) Paps, or little projections, of ...
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11. barb
    (from the article `feather`) The typical feather consists of a central shaft (rachis), with serial paired branches (barbs) forming a flattened, usually curved surface—the vane. ... The typical contour feather consists of a tapered central shaft, the rachis, with paired branches (barbs) on each side. An unbranched basal section ... ...
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12. Barb
    native horse breed of the Barbary states of North Africa. It is related to, and probably an offshoot of, the Arabian horse but is larger, with a ...
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13. barb
    (genus Barbus), any of numerous freshwater fishes belonging to a genus in the carp family, Cyprinidae. The barbs are native to Europe, Africa, and ... [1 related articles]
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14. Barb
    Barb is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Stranger ` Barb,Barbra Barb doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Barb appeared In the top-1000 was 48 years ago, In 1960. It ranked #441 In that year. . 1960 was a `top year` for the name Barb. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #441.
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15. barb
    barb 1. One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather. 2. A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove. 3. The pointed part of barbed wire. 4. From Old French barbe, 'beard, beardlike appendage'; from Latin barba, 'beard', cognate with Old English beard.
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16. Barb
    [fish] Barb is a common and rather nondescript term for certain ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae, especially the genera Barbus and Puntius but many others also. They were formerly united with the barbels in the subfamily Barbinae, but that group is paraphyletic with the Cypri...
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17. Barb
    Barb is slang for Phenobarbital.
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18. Barb
    The USS Barb was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Barb had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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19. Barb
    Barb is slang for Phenobarbital.
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20. Barb
    The Barb is an ancient North African Barbary breed of horse. The Barb stands between 14 and 15 hands high and is mostly grey, but also bay, brown or chestnut in colour. They are a desert horse, with great endurance and very strong feet which rarely go lame. They are a temperamental breed, which has ...
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21. barb
    General name for fish of the genus Barbus and some related genera of the family Cyprinidae. As well as the barbel, barbs include many small tropical Old World species, some of which are familiar aquarium species. They are active egg-laying species, usually of `typical` fish shape and with barbels at the corner of th...
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22. BARB
    Broadcasters` Audience Research Board. Responsible for estimating the number of people watching television.
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23. BARB
    Buy Abroad but Rent in Britain
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24. BARB
    Broadcasting Audience Research Board, measures TV audience numbers.
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25. BARB
    Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, which compiles television ratings (viewer) statistics in the United Kingdom.
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