barbed

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barbed

/bɑː(ɹ)bd/

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Having barbs. COCKATRICE an imaginary monster resembling a wivern with the head of a cock, the tongue barbed. It occurs displayed, but is ordinarily borne with the wings endorsed.
Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared. Crest : A demi-cockatrice or, crested gules, stricken through the back of the neck with an arrow sable, barbed and flighted argent. Sable, two bars humettée or between a cock in fesse and a swan in chief and in base argent.
Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled. Ex. A Cock barbed and crested, (that is, wattled and combed, which signifies the Comb and Gills of a Cock, when born of a different Tincture from the Body)
Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc). PLANT (?Plantagenet). Arg. a rose gu. seeded or barbed vert.
usually, of language Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
of a horse Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. Your Lordship may remember in your reading, that there were many Earles could bring into the field a thousand Barbed horses

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of barb

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Closest in meaning: prickly, bristled, bristly, biting, nipping, armed, pungent, thorny, spiny, burry, barbellate, briary, briery, sarcastic, burred, complicated

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@misc{barbed_2026,
  title = {barbed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barbed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}