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Barber \Bar"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbered}
(b[aum]r"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbering}.]
To shave and dress the beard or hair of. --Shak.
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Barber \Bar"ber\, n. (Meteor.)
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. [Canada]
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Barber \Bar"ber\ (b[aum]r"b[~e]r), n. [OE. barbour, OF. barbeor,
F. barbier, as if fr. an assumed L. barbator, fr. barba
beard. See 1st {Barb}.]
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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{Barber's itch}. See under {Itch}.
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Note: Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery,
such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such
terms as barber surgeon (old form

{barber chirurgeon}),

{barber surgery}, etc.
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