1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.]
2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] Marston.
3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. Milton.
BARB
Barb, n. Etym: [F. barbe, fr. Barbarie.]
1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduces from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
BARB
Barb, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. bard.]
Defn: Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
BARBACAN
Bar"ba*can, n.