Barley
['bɑːlɪ] or ['bɑrli]
Definition
(noun.) a grain of barley.
(noun.) cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain.
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Definition
(n.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.
Edited by Hugh
Definition
interj. (Scot.) a term used in games in demand of a truce parley (of which it is most prob. a corruption).
n. a hardy grain used for food but chiefly for making malt liquors and spirits.—ns. Bar′ley-bree -broth strong ale; Bar′ley-corn personified as John Barleycorn the grain from which malt is made: a single grain of barley: a measure of length = ⅓ of an inch; Bar′ley-su′gar a mixture of sugar with a decoction of pearl-barley boiled till it is candied; Bar′ley-wat′er a decoction of pearl-barley; Pearl′-bar′ley the grain stripped of husk and pellicle and completely rounded by grinding; Pot′-bar′ley the grain deprived by milling of its outer husk used in making broth &c.
Editor: Robert
Examples
- He made these of honey, of barley, and, as the Aryan tribes spread southward, of the grape. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Old Barley was growling and swearing when we repassed his door, with no appearance of having ceased or of meaning to cease. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Neolithic men cultivated and ate wheat, barley, and millet, but they knew nothing of oats or rye. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Bless your eyes, here's old Bill Barley. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- On the following Saturday it was shown at Trappe, and it was afterwards used on the farm of Mr. Tench Tilghman, where 180 acres of wheat, oats and barley were cut with it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The rent and profit of barley land, besides, must always be nearly equal to those of other equally fertile and equally well cultivated land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Lying on the flat of his back like a drifting old dead flounder, here's your old Bill Barley, bless your eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Priscus mentions mead in the place of wine, millet for corn, and a drink either distilled[272] or brewed from barley. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here's old Bill Barley, bless your eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Here's old Bill Barley on the flat of his back, by the Lord. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She really was a most charming girl, and might have passed for a captive fairy, whom that truculent Ogre, Old Barley, had pressed into his service. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And it would fill any one with admiration to see how he preserves his self-possession in the presence of a barley sack. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The durum or macaroni wheats do especially well; but other varieties are also grown, as are oats, rye, barley and spelt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The two doctors were for keeping him on gruel, lemonade, barley-water, and so on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His name is Mr. Barley. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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