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Webster 1913 Edition

(bärbd or bärb′ĕd)

Adj.

[See 4th

Accoutered with defensive armor; – said of a horse. See

(which is the proper form.)

Sir W. Raleigh.

Adj.

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.

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[See Barb.]

Furnished with armor; as barbed steeds.

Bearded; jagged with hooks or points; as barbed arrows.

Shaved or trimmed; having the beard dressed.