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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Barber

/(bär"bẽr)/ · Bar·ber · IPA /ˈbɑɹ.bɚ/
01 n. One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
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    One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
Phrases & compounds
Barber's itch — See under Itch.
02 v. t. To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
imp. & p. p. Barbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbering
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    To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
03 n. A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cut…
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    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.(Meteor.) [Canada]