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barb | braid |

As nouns the difference between barb and braid

is that barb is (label) a fan of the american singer (nicki minaj), especially a female one while braid is (obsolete) a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.

As a proper noun barb

is a diminutive of the female given name barbara.

As a verb braid is

(obsolete|transitive) to make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

As an adjective braid is

(obsolete) deceitful.

barb

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
  • * :
    • Having two barbs or points.
  • (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
  • A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
  • *
    • The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth.
  • Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 29:
    • The defensive armor with the horses of the ancient knights ... These are frequently, though improperly, stiled barbs .
  • (ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
  • (zoology) Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.
  • (zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; also improperly called whiting.
  • (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
  • (zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
  • (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
  • Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]
  • (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
    • (Spenser)
  • A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.

    • Verb

  • To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed , and that was a little beyond our skill.
  • To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
  • *1592 , (William Shakespeare), , Act I, Scene I, line 10:
  • *:And now, in stead of mounting barbed steeds / To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, / He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber.
  • (lb) To shave or dress the beard of.
  • (lb) To clip; to mow.
  • :(Marston)

    • Etymology 2

    From , by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
  • A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "barb") *

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    braid

    English

    (wikipedia braid)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .

    Alternative forms

    * brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  • (archaic) To start into motion.
  • To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  • * Milton
    • Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  • To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  • (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
  • *, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
  • *:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
  • :(Sackville)
  • A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
  • A fancy; freak; caprice.
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    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) deceitful
  • * Shakespeare
    • Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

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