| Summary: | barber A term used in the Atlantic Provinces as well as in the Eastern Arctic is _barber_, generally derived from _barber_ v., shave. Definitions might be grouped as: 1. A cold vapour or mist, sometimes containing tiny ice particles, rising from the sea or through broken ice. 2. Any cold, biting vapour or wind. 3. _esp. Lab._ An extremely sharp, cold, biting wind. 4. _esp. Nfld._ "Thick" weather with hoarfrost. I suggest the origin of _barber_ (as above) is to be found in Portuguese _barbeiro,_ a sharp, cutting wind, influenced in/form and meaning by Irish _barber_, obs. Gael. _barba_, fierceness, severity, storminess, sharpness (<L. _barbarus_, wild, cruel < Greek). W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 & 2 Not used
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