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Webster 1913 Edition
Debarb
De-barb′
,Verb.
T.
[Pref.
de-
+ L. barba
beard.] To deprive of the beard.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
Definition 2024
debarb
debarb
English
Verb
debarb (third-person singular simple present debarbs, present participle debarbing, simple past and past participle debarbed)
- (transitive) To remove a barb or barbs from.
- how to debarb a fish hook
Etymology 2
From de- + Latin barba (“beard”).
Verb
debarb (third-person singular simple present debarbs, present participle debarbing, simple past and past participle debarbed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of the beard.
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