What does barbed mean in crosswords?

barbed means: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Which crossword clues can have barbed as the answer?

Possible clues for barbed include "Like a sharp hook".

Word entry · 6 letters

Best crossword clue

"Like a sharp hook"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /bɑː(ɹ)bd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abbderStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word

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having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

“COCKATRICE an imaginary monster resembling a wivern with the head of a cock, the tongue barbed. It occurs displayed, but is ordinarily borne with the wings endorsed.”
“The cross barbed has its limbs terminated by arrow-heads; it is sometimes emblazoned cramponée and tournée, but Edmondson gives the last name to a totally different cross, one not unlike the cross fourchée.”
“Ex. A Cock barbed and crested, (that is, wattled and combed, which signifies the Comb and Gills of a Cock, when born of a different Tincture from the Body)”

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