n. [ In the language of the (Arawak or Taino) Indians of Guiana, barbacoa a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried. ]
v. t.
They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. Stedman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Cooked on a barbecue.
n. Roasting a large piece of meat on a grill or a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Furnished with a barb or barbs;
Barbed wire,
a. [ See 4th Barb. ] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.[ OF. barbel, F. barbeau, dim. of L. barbus barbel, fr. barba beard. See 1st Barb. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; -- it is used for weightlifting exercises. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ See 1st Barb. ] (Bot.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs. [ 1913 Webster ]