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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth. Walton.

See Barbican.

See Barbicanage.

Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n.

A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. -- Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curca…

The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately.

Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey.

al] Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.

Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." Milton.

zed state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott.

The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

To become barbarous. The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. De Quincey.

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

In a barbarous manner.

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon. Barbary ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.

A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

Having barbed points. A dart uncommonly barbated. T. Warton.

To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. Stedman.