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.
One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
A barbiturate.
Armor for a horse.
A hurtful or disparaging remark.
The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
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.
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
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 introduced 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 cut (hair).
To cover a horse in armor.
A ridge or berm at a perimeter
The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.
A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
A long snowbank along the side of a road.
A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.