Barbed

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} (b[aum]rbd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Barbing}.]
     1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.]
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     2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston.


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     3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
        hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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              But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
                                                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbed \Barbed\ (b[aum]rbd or b[aum]rb"[e^]d), a. [See 4th
     {Barb}.]
     Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
     {Barded} (which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbed \Barbed\, a.
     Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
     wire.
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     {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed
        with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barbed
       adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
              aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {biting}, {nipping},
               {pungent}, {mordacious}]
       2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
          or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
          mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
          whiskers" [syn: {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery}, {bristled},
           {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous},
           {spiny}, {thorny}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "barbed":
     acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform,
     acuminate, acute, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned,
     horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged,
     sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny,
     tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated