Part 905

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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.</def> "Having two <i>barbs</i> or points."

<i>Ascham.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A bit for a horse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See <er>Feather</er>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called <i>whiting</i>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.</def>

<h1>Barb</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Barb</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Barbed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Barbing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shave or dress the beard of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To clip; to mow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.</def>

<blockquote>But rattling storm of arrows <b>barbed</b> with fire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Barb</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Barb</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>barbe</ets>, fr. <ets>Barbarie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduces from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.</def>

<h1>Barb</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Barb</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>bard</ets>.]</ety> <def>Armor for a horse. Same as 2d <er>Bard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Barbacan</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ba*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Barbican</er>.</def>

<h1>Barbacanage</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ba*can*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Barbicanage</er>.</def>

<h1>Barbadian</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar*ba"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Barbados.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of Barbados.</def></def2>

<h1>Barbados &or; Barbadoes</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw><hw>Bar*ba"dos</hw> &or; <hw>Bar*ba"does</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Barbados cherry</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a genus of trees of the West Indies (<spn>Malpighia</spn>) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry.</cd> -- <col>Barbados leg</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- <i>Barbados nuts<i>, the seeds of the <spn>Jatropha curcas</spn>, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See <er>Physic nut</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Barbara</h1> <Xpage=118>