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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.

Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.

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 cut (hair).

To shave or dress the beard of.

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

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

A barbiturate.