These are the meanings of the letters BABURD when you unscramble them.
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Babu (n.)
A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.
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Barb (n.)
Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
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Barb (n.)
A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
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Barb (n.)
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
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Barb (n.)
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
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Barb (n.)
A bit for a horse.
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Barb (n.)
One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
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Barb (n.)
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
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Barb (n.)
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
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Barb (v. t.)
To shave or dress the beard of.
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Barb (v. t.)
To clip; to mow.
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Barb (v. t.)
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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Barb (n.)
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
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Barb (n.)
A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
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Barb (n.)
Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
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Bard (n.)
A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
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Bard (n.)
Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
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Bard (n.)
Alt. of Barde
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Bard (v. t.)
To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
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Bard (n.)
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
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Bard (n.)
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
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Brad (n.)
A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.
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Daub (v. t.)
To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
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Daub (v. t.)
To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
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Daub (v. t.)
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
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Daub (v. t.)
To flatter excessively or glossy.
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Daub (v. t.)
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
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Daub (v. i.)
To smear; to play the flatterer.
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Daub (n.)
A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
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Daub (n.)
A picture coarsely executed.
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Drab (n.)
A low, sluttish woman.
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Drab (n.)
A lewd wench; a strumpet.
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Drab (n.)
A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
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Drab (v. i.)
To associate with strumpets; to wench.
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Drab (n.)
A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
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Drab (n.)
A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
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Drab (a.)
Of a color between gray and brown.
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Drab (n.)
A drab color.
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Drub (v. t.)
To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
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Drub (n.)
A blow with a cudgel; a thump.
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Dura (n.)
Short form for Dura mater.