- (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Barb.
- (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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