Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The barb of a fishing-hook.

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  • noun cutlery A barb on the tang of a knife, in order to prevent it from being pulled out of the handle.

Etymologies

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From a dialectal variant of gainchare.

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  • Compare gainchare.

    October 27, 2022