[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barb \barb\, v. t. imp.  p. p. barbed baumrbd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. barbing.
   1. to shave or dress the beard of. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. to clip; to mow. obs. --marston.
      1913 webster

   3. to furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
      hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
      1913 webster

            but rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
barbed barbing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barbed \barbed\ baumrbd or baumrb"e^d, a. see 4th
   barb.
   accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. see
   barded which is the proper form. --sir w. raleigh.
   1913 webster
see also:
barb barded 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barbed \barbed\, a.
   furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
   wire.
   1913 webster

   barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed
      with barbs or sharp points. it is used for fences.
      1913 webster
see also:
barbed wire 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

barbed
     adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
            aphorism"; "pungent satire" syn: biting, nipping,
             pungent, mordacious
     2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
        or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
        mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
        whiskers" syn: barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
         bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
         spiny, thorny
see also:
biting nipping pungent mordacious barbellate briary 
briery bristled bristly burred burry 
prickly setose setaceous spiny thorny 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "barbed":
   acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform,
   acuminate, acute, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned,
   horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged,
   sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny,
   tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated

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Barb Wire History
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Barbed Wire History
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