Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barbed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Barbing}.]
1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.]
2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston.
3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbed \Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
{Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbed \Barbed\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barbed
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {biting}, {nipping},
{pungent}, {mordacious}]
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits" [syn: {barbellate}, {briary},
{briery}, {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly},
{spiny}, {thorny}]
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