Barb

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.

A hurtful or disparaging remark.

A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.

One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.

Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.

A bit for a horse.

A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.

The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduces from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.

To shave or dress the beard of.

To clip; to mow.