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ALL meanings of barbing

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  • noun barbing a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. 1
  • noun barbing an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark. 1
  • noun barbing Botany, Zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle. 1
  • noun barbing Ornithology. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather. 1
  • noun barbing one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill. 1
  • noun barbing any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums. 1
  • noun barbing Usually, barbs. Veterinary Pathology. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen. 1
  • noun barbing Also, barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns. 1
  • noun barbing Obsolete. a beard. 1
  • verb with object barbing to furnish with a barb or barbs. 1
  • noun barbing Present participle of barb. 1
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