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Brewer's: Barb
An arrow. The feathers under the beak of a hawk were called barb feathers (beard feathers). The point of an arrow has two iron “feathers,” which stick out so as to hinder the extraction of…Brewer's: Barbe
(Ste.) The powder-room in a French ship; so called from St. Barbara, the patron saint of artillery. (See Barbary.) A barbe de fou apprend-on à raire (French). An apprentice is taught to…Brewer's: Barbed Steed
(a corruption of barded). A horse in armour. (French, bardé, caparisoned.) And now, instead of mounting barbëd steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady…Brewer's: Arcos Barbs
War steeds of Arcos, in Andalusia, very famous in Spanish ballads. (See Barbed Steeds.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Arctic RegionArcite A B C D E F…feathers
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Structure of a bird feather feathers, outgrowths of the skin, constituting the plumage of birds. Feathers grow only along certain definite tracts (pterylae), which vary in…barbed wire
(Encyclopedia) barbed wire, wire composed of two zinc-coated steel strands twisted together and having barbs spaced regularly along them. The need for barbed wire arose in the 19th cent. as the…porcupine, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) porcupine, member of either of two rodent families, characterized by having some of its hairs modified as bristles, spines, or quills. The quills are loosely attached to the porcupines…wryneck
(Encyclopedia) wryneck, common name for a primitive, unspecialized bird of the genus Jynx. The name is said to derive from their habit of twisting their necks when disturbed. Unlike other members of…Joseph Farwell Glidden Biography
Joseph Farwell Gliddeninventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married…Curious Collections
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