Barb Meaning in Spanish

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1. (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.
2. (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
3. (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.
4. (v. t.) To clip; to mow.
5. (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
6. (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
7. (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
8. (n.) A bit for a horse.
9. (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
10. (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
11. (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
12. (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
13. (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
14. (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.

1. (n.) See Barbican.
2. (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.
3. (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

1. (n.) See Barbicanage.
2. (n.) Money paid for the support of a barbican.

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.
2. (n.) A native of Barbados.

1. (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.

1. (n.) Alt. of Barbadoes

1. (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.
2. (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.

1. (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

1. (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.