Barb
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To clip; to mow.
(2): (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; - also improperly called whiting.
(3): (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
(4): (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
(5): (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
(6): (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
(7): (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
(8): (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
(9): (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
(10): (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
(11): (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.
(12): (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
(13): (n.) A bit for a horse.
(14): (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
King James Dictionary [2]
B'Arb, n. L.barba This is beard, with a different ending. The sense may be, that which shoots out.
1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it as the barb of a fish, the smaller claws of the polypus,&c. 2. The down, or pubes, covering the surface of some plants or rather, a tuft or bunch of strong hairs terminating leaves. 3. Anciently, armor for horses formerly, barbe or barde. 4. A common name of the barbary pigeon, a bird of a black or dun color. 5. A horse from Barbary, of which it seems to be a contraction. 6. The points that stand backward in an arrow, fish-hook or other instrument for piercing, intended to prevent its being extracted. 7. In botany, a straight process armed with teeth pointing backward like the sting of a bee. This is one sort of pubescence.
