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English Dictionary: barbed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbed adj capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" Synonym(s): barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" Synonym(s): barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbing}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbed \Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See {Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbed \Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.