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Webster 1913 Edition
Barbule
Bar′bule
,Noun.
[L.
barbula
, fr. barba
beard.] 1.
A very minute barb or beard.
Booth.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See
Feather
.