barbed

adj

1. Having barbs.

   “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.”

2. Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.

   “Crest : A demi-cockatrice or, crested gules, stricken through the back of the neck with an arrow sable, barbed and flighted argent. Sable, two bars humettée or between a cock in fesse and a swan in chief and in base argent.”

   “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.”

3. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.

   “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)”

   “About the year 1446, he carried, as by our old books of blazons, quarterly, first and fourth Marr; second and third Lyle, as above blazoned; for crest, a cock or, crested and barbed gules: motto, An I may; supported by two[…]”

4. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).

   “PLANT (?Plantagenet). Arg. a rose gu. seeded or barbed vert.”

5. (usually)Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
6. Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.

   “Your Lordship may remember in your reading, that there were many Earles could bring into the field a thousand Barbed horses”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of barb