BARB

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