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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
barber \bar"ber\, v. t. imp. p. p. barbered
baumr"b~erd; p. pr. vb. n. barbering.
to shave and dress the beard or hair of. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
barbered barbering
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
barber \bar"ber\, n. meteor.
a storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea
water, esp. one occurring on the gulf of st. lawrence; -- so
named from the cutting ice spicules. canada
webster 1913 suppl.
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
barber \bar"ber\ baumr"b~er, n. oe. barbour, of. barbeor,
f. barbier, as if fr. an assumed l. barbator, fr. barba
beard. see 1st barb.
one whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to
cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
1913 webster
barber's itch. see under itch.
1913 webster
note: formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery,
such as letting blood and pulling teeth. hence such
terms as barber surgeon old form
barber chirurgeon,
barber surgery, etc.
1913 webster
see also:
barb barber's itch itch barber chirurgeon barber surgery
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
barber
n 1: united states composer 1910-1981 syn: samuel barber
2: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
v : perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard
of
see also:
samuel barber
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "barber":
beautician, beautifier, bob, clipper, coif, coiffeur, coiffeuse,
coiffure, conk, cropper, hairdresser, manicurist, pompadour,
process, shaver, shingle, trim, wave
- [6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
barber
found only once, in ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the
jewish custom of shaving the head as a sign of mourning. the
nazarites were untouched by the razor from their birth num.
6:5. comp. judg. 16:19.
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
barber -- u.s. county in kansas
population 2000: 5307
housing units 2000: 2740
land area 2000: 1134.112529 sq. miles 2937.337841 sq. km
water area 2000: 2.098189 sq. miles 5.434284 sq. km
total area 2000: 1136.210718 sq. miles 2942.772125 sq. km
located within: kansas ks, fips 20
location: 37.230652 n, 98.568613 w
headwords:
barber
barber, ks
barber county
barber county, ks
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