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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated
Dictionary Results for barbed:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
barbed
    adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
           aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, 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:
       barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
       bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
       setaceous, spiny, thorny]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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