unbarb
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unbarb (third-person singular simple present unbarbs, present participle unbarbing, simple past and past participle unbarbed)
- (transitive) To remove a barb from.
- 1798, The Guilt and Baseness of Absentees, Fully Displayed, page 13:
- […] that could unbarb the arrow of malice […]