Word Finder - barb

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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.

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A hurtful or disparaging remark.

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A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.

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A horse.

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One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.

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Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.

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Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish), found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

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A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

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

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A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.

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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. [Written also barbel and barble.]

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A bit for a horse.

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A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.

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To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

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To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.

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To cut (hair).

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To shave or dress the beard of.

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To clip; to mow.

Although called an Arabian, there is little doubt he was a Barb pure and simple.

Spanker himself was by D'Arcy's Yellow Turk from a daughter of the Morocco Barb and Old Bald Pegg by an Arab horse from a Barb mare.

The probes, which contain a sharp barb, create a circuit by connecting to clothing or penetrating the skin.

Then it lowers its tail over its head and gently lifts you with its stinging barb.

The shroud completely supports the tubing, reducing stress on the fragile hose barb.

Irwin, 44, died in September after he was impaled by a stingray's barb while snorkeling off Australia.

Quhar Thai com, thai maid thaim gat; Barb. xiii.

His dam was sister to Miss Partner (1735) by Partner out of Brown Farewell by Makeless (son of the Oglethorpe Arabian) from a daughter of Brimmer out of Trumpet's darn, by Place's White Turk from a daughter of the Barb Dodsworth and a Layton Barb mare; while Brimmer was by D'Arcy's Yellow Turk from a royal mare.

In 1996, Anderson made the leap to feature films with the poorly received action/comedy Barb Wire, in which she played the lead role.

Steve was filmed pulling the barb from his chest moments before losing consciousness.While it's true that Steve had encountered many dangerous animals during his career, he was always careful to follow standard safety precautions.

Barb Shelton is one of the foremost speakers in Christian homeschooling.

Needles are comprised of sharp points, with each point containing a miniature barb.

Gabriel ignored the barb.

Europe are descended from the dun type; with more or less admixture of Barb blood.

The third horse of the famous trio, the Godolphin Arabian or Barb, brought to England about five-and-twenty years after the Darley Arabian, will be more particularly referred to further on.

All the horses now on the turf or at the stud trace their ancestry in the direct male line to one or other of these three - the Byerly Turk, the barley Arabian, and the Godolphin Arabian or Barb.

He was got by the Darley Arabian from Betty Leedes, by Careless from sister to Leedes, by Leedes's Arabian from a mare by Spanker out of a Barb mare, who was Spanker's own mother.

Careless was by Spanker from a Barb mare, so that Childers's dam was closely in-bred to Spanker.

The Godolphin Barb is represented by Matchem, as the former was the sire of Cade (1734), and Cade begat Matchem, who was foaled in 1748.

The book by Barb Shelton is not primarily CM but it will help you understand the variety of ways that you can figure high school credits and is one of the most important resources you can have for high school.

Each needle has a barb, and as the needles travel through the layers of fiber, they pull fiber from the top and move it to the bottom layer.

She was also in Superhero Movie, Blonde and Blonder, 20 episodes of Stacked, 48 episodes of Home Improvement, Barb Wire, and more.

Two other features of the spoiler section include links to Barb's Salem Spectator, a message board populated with spoilers and updates about the future of Salem and her residents.

He died in 1780, and among other progeny left two famous sons, Woodpecker (1773), whose dam was Miss Ramsden (1760) by Cade, son of the Godolphin Barb, but descended also on the dam's side from the Darley Arabian and the Byerly Turk, and Highflyer (1774), whose dam was Rachel (1763) by Blank, son of the Godolphin Barb from a daughter of Regulus, also son of the Godolphin.

At the impound lot you'll find Barb, Mark, Tracey, Andrea, Leeanne, Rudy, Larry, Rob, John, Yolanda, and Abdul.

The Godolphin Barb or Arabian, as he was commonly called, was a brown bay about 15 hands in stature, with an unnaturally high crest, and with some white on his off hind heel.

His dam Spiletta was by Regulus, son of the Godolphin Barb, from Mother Western, by a son of Snake from a mare by Old Montague out of a mare by Hautboy, from a daughter of Brimmer and a mare whose pedigree was unknown.

Many of the dark-coloured horses of Europe have Barb or Arab blood in their veins, this being markedly the case with the Old English black or Shire horse, the skull of which shows a distinct depression in front of the eye-socket.

Without prosecuting this subject further, it may be enough here to follow out the lines of the Darley Arabian, the Byerly Turk, and the Godolphin Arabian or Barb, the main ancestors of the British thoroughbred of the 18th and 19th centuries, through several famous race-horses, each and all brilliant winners,-Flying Childers, Eclipse, Herod and Matchem,-to whom it is considered sufficient to look as the great progenitors of the race-horse of to-day.