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Barb logo #10101) Aggressive witticism 2) Arrow feature 3) Arrow part 4) Arrow projection 5) Arrowhead feature 6) Arrowhead part 7) Biting comment 8) Biting remark 9) Carping remark 10) Catty comment 11) Catty remark 12) Caustic comeback 13) Caustic comment 14) Caustic remark 15) Comeback 16) Comment 17) Critical remark
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Barb logo #10101) Dig 2) Feather 3) Gibe 4) Jibe 5) Point 6) Prickle 7) Quill 8) Zinger
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Barb logo #22590a hooked semi-rigid hair
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Barb logo #21002• (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 the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the...
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barb logo #22490A sharp projection on a fishing hook that holds a hooked fish.
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Barb logo #21003native 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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barb logo #21003(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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barb logo #21003(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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barb logo #209731. 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, or grows in the place of it. 'The barbel, so cal...
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BARB logo #21662Buy Abroad but Rent in Britain
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Barb logo #20972Barb 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 , or wattles in his mouth. Walton. »...
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Barb logo #20972Barb 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. [ Obsolete] Marston. 3. To furnis...
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Barb logo #22493a sharp pointed raised burr cut in the hook just behind the point of a hook. To stop the bait or a fishing coming of the hook
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Barb logo #22487A short point or bristle; usually employed to designate points with reflexed or fishhook-like rarely ascending appendages.
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BARB logo #21740Broadcasting Audience Research Board, measures TV audience numbers.
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Barb logo #22588a hooked semi-rigid hair
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Barb logo #21217Barb is slang for Phenobarbital.
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BARB logo #21741Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, which compiles television ratings (viewer) statistics in the United Kingdom.
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barb logo #21009barb 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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Barb logo #24057A protuberance on an arrow which makes it difficult to pull back.
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barb logo #23920hook
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barb logo #20974 verb provide with barbs; `barbed wire`
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barb logo #21221General 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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BARB logo #21395Broadcasters` Audience Research Board. Responsible for estimating the number of people watching television.
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barb logo #22505a sharp projection on a fishing hook that holds a hooked fish.
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