Barber

·vt To shave and dress the beard or hair of.

II. Barber ·noun One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.

III. Barber ·add. ·noun A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, ·esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence;

— so named from the cutting ice spicules.

Barber
Found only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the Jewish custom of shaving the head as a...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
barber
or Tasmanian Barber n. a namefor the fish Anthias rasor, Richards., family Percidae; also called Re...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
barber
A rating on the ships' books for one who shaves the people, for which he receives the pay of an ordi...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Barber fish
·- ·see Surgeon fish. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
tasmanian barber
See barber ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
(1828-1889) Theologian and scholar, b. at Liverpool, and ed. at King Edward's School, Birmingham, a...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Barber Surgeons' Hall
On the west side of Monkwell Street at No.32 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within (detached p...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.