From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
barbed
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: biting, nipping,
pungent, mordacious]
2: 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" [syn: barbellate, briary, briery,
bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly,
setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbed (b[aum]rbd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Barbing.]
1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.]
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2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston.
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3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barbed \Barbed\ (b[aum]rbd or b[aum]rb"[e^]d), a. [See 4th
Barb.]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
Barded (which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barbed \Barbed\, a.
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
wire.
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Barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed
with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
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