† barbableadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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barbable1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bardable, barbable; fit, or able to beare a barbed furniture, or armor.
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adj.1611- to hold, keep in suspense
- to hold, keep tack
- to hold, keep tryst
- to hold, keep war or wars
- to hold, keep ward
- to hold, keep wedlock
- to hold, keep, break covenant
- to hold, keep, owe, swear fay
- to hold, keep, owe, swear one's fay
- to hold, lay in wage
- to hold, pull, shake, take, etc, by the sleeve
- to hold, rarely have, tack with
- to hold, rarely have, tack with to
- to hole below the waterline
- to hole beneath the waterline
- to hole in one
- to hole out
- to hole out in one
- to hole to a house of water
- to hole to the house of water
- to hole up
- to holler uncle
- to home
- to hone in
- to hone the hoddle