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barb

n. a barbiturate; a barbiturate capsule. (Drugs.) Joey is so hooked on barbs!
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A long, stumbling fall, accelerated by a sudden increase of wind in the sails, ensued, and Lerumie, vainly trying to catch his footing, fetched up against the three strands of barbed wire on the lee rail.
Even Lerumie, variously lacerated by the barbed wire, did not scowl nor mutter threats.
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One doesn't have to be a farm or ranch boy to know what barbed wire is; even the most-citified people have gotten pants caught on the prickly barbs that fence off farm and other property across the United States.
The wire that won the west
Life in the western United States was reshaped by a series of patents for a simple tool that helped ranchers tame the land: barbed wire.
Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire. Teaching with Documents
But old barbed wire left by ranchers complicates the spring antelope migration.
Antelope refuge goes wireless
introduces a new line of medical grade Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) barbed male and female luers.
Peek luers. (Advertisement)
We were able to free it by cutting away the barbed wire.
Fire crews rescue horse from fence
It seems to be evidence that Bosnian Serbs at Trnopolje had imprisoned Muslims behind barbed wire, redolent of Nazi concentration camps.
Barbed Image
The rest of the play consists of duologues that bring Barbs into sometimes barbed and often boisterous contact with a widowed mom, a gay best friend, a long-term ex and a boy toy who happens to be the son Barbs' aerobics partner Alice gave up for adoption.
PERFECT DAYS
Imagine quakeproof houses made of sandbags and barbed wire.
Where you'll live, work, and play in the 21st Century
Early prototypes of the Sticky Shocker used either a barbed tip to snag a target's clothing or an adhesive tip that would stick to skin and clothing, Vasel says.
Not-so-deadly force: the search for a kinder, gentler knockout punch
Value specializes in molding barbed fittings for fluid control.
3D CAD takes design from part to mold to assembly
com) recently introduced its 111 Barbed Cartridge Check Valve.
New Smart Products Micro Cartridge Check Valve Fits Tiny Spaces
Qosina is pleased to announce the addition of eight new barbed check valves.
Barbed check valves
Material: - The barbed wire and line wire shall be manufactured from
Supply of Barbed wire 1.5 stand and two cross shelter length 4100 M(17.5 kg Barbed wire per length 20M)
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