Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not sheared, shaven, or mown; unshaven.
- Not furnished with barbs or reversed points, hairs, or plumes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Not shaven.
- adjective Destitute of barbs, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
barbed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When he reached the wire, however, he saw at once that its strength was an illusion, for the whole concertina was held in place by an unbarbed loop hung loosely over the twisted end of a broken railing: surmounting the cunning defences of Standingham Castle wasn't going to be such a problem after all, thank heavens!
War Game Price, Anthony 1976
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Having spread his excellent bed of barbed and unbarbed arrows, that hero lieth on it like the divine Skanda on a clump of heath.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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This is attached to a long line and fitted into a copper cap on the end of a long pole, the whole constituting an unbarbed spear.
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Today, O Krishna, unbarbed arrows, impelled by my arms and sped from the gandiva, mangling Karna, will take him to Yama.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Hence the epiblast can only by continual growth accommodate what it must embrace, and the process of tucking-in is accompanied by one of growth of the epiblast, as shown by the unbarbed arrow, over the yolk.
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The Duke provided himself with bows from Prussia and from Caffa in Georgia, [1981] and with arrows barbed and unbarbed.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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There were whispered rumors that went even farther than these -- rumors which I dare not even set down here, for the busy tongues that dealt so mercilessly with the name and fame of Eliza Floyd were not unbarbed by malice.
Aurora Floyd. A Novel Mary Elizabeth 1863
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Flameless -- motionless -- hurtless -- the fine arrow; unplumed, unpoisoned, and unbarbed; aimless -- shall we say also, readers young and old, travelling or abiding?
Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859
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Each carried an iron-headed axe in a girdle, a bow about six feet in length strung with twisted bark, and a few ill-made arrows with peacocks 'feathers at one end and an iron unbarbed head tapering to a point at the other.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The labouring hunter tufts the thick unbarbed grounds
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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