barbed
Collocations
4ADJ.
covered, extra, injured, massive, over, under
VERB + BARBED
adorned, border, branches, crawled, cross, fenced, found, interlaced
BARBED + NOUN
argent, limbs, prisoners, stinger
PREP.
about, around, in, off, on, through, with
Definitions
adj
Having barbs.
COCKATRICE an imaginary monster resembling a wivern with the head of a cock, the tongue barbed. It occurs displayed, but is ordinarily borne with the wings endorsed.
Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.
Crest : A demi-cockatrice or, crested gules, stricken through the back of the neck with an arrow sable, barbed and flighted argent. Sable, two bars humettée or between a cock in fesse and a swan in chief and in base argent.
The cross barbed has its limbs terminated by arrow-heads; it is sometimes emblazoned cramponée and tournée, but Edmondson gives the last name to a totally different cross, one not unlike the cross fourchée.
Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
Ex. A Cock barbed and crested, (that is, wattled and combed, which signifies the Comb and Gills of a Cock, when born of a different Tincture from the Body)
About the year 1446, he carried, as by our old books of blazons, quarterly, first and fourth Marr; second and third Lyle, as above blazoned; for crest, a cock or, crested and barbed gules: motto, An I may; supported by two[…]
Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).
PLANT (?Plantagenet). Arg. a rose gu. seeded or barbed vert.
Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
- barbellate
- briary
- briery
- bristled
- bristly
- burred
- burry
- prickly
adjective — capable of wounding
- biting
- nipping
- pungent
- mordacious
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6COCKATRICE an imaginary monster resembling a wivern with the head of a cock, the tongue barbed. It occurs displayed, but is ordinarily borne with the wings endorsed.
WiktionaryCrest : A demi-cockatrice or, crested gules, stricken through the back of the neck with an arrow sable, barbed and flighted argent. Sable, two bars humettée or between a cock in fesse and a swan in ch
WiktionaryThe cross barbed has its limbs terminated by arrow-heads; it is sometimes emblazoned cramponée and tournée, but Edmondson gives the last name to a totally different cross, one not unlike the cross fou
WiktionaryThe building is surrounded by a barbed wire fence.
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