Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - barb
Barb
barb
n. & v. --n. 1 a secondary backward-facing projection from an arrow, fish-hook, etc., angled to make extraction difficult. 2 a deliberately hurtful remark. 3 a beardlike filament at the mouth of some fish, e.g. barbel and catfish. 4 any one of the fine hairlike filaments growing from the shaft of a feather, forming the vane. --v.tr. 1 provide (an arrow, a fish-hook, etc.) with a barb or barbs. 2 (as barbed adj.) (of a remark etc.) deliberately hurtful. Phrases and idioms barbed wire wire bearing sharp pointed spikes close together and used in fencing, or in warfare as an obstruction. Etymology: ME f. OF barbe f. L barba beard
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I. noun see: beard Date: 14th century a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck, 2. a sharp projection extending backward (as from the point of an arrow or fishhook) and preventing easy extraction, a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment, ~el II, any of the side branches of the shaft of a feather, a plant hair or bristle ending in a hook, ~less adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1759 to furnish with a ~, III. noun Etymology: French ~e, from Italian ~ero, from ~ero of Barbary, from Barberia Barbary, coastal region in Africa Date: 1636 any of a northern African breed of horses that are noted for speed and endurance, IV. noun Date: 1967 ~iturate ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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