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Webster 1913 Edition

Barley

Bar′ley

,
Noun.
[OE.
barli
,
barlich
, AS.
bærlic
;
bere
barley +
līc
(which is prob. the same as E.
like
, adj., or perh. a form of AS.
leāc
leek). AS.
bere
is akin to Icel,
barr
barley, Goth.
barizeins
made of barley, L.
far
spelt; cf. W.
barlys
barley,
bara
bread. [GREEK]92. Cf.
Farina
, 6th
Bear
.]
(Bot.)
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.
Barley bird
(Zool.)
,
the siskin.
–
Barley sugar
,
sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied.
–
Barley water
,
a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barley

B'ARLEY

,
Noun.
[L. far; Heb. bar,corn.] A species of valuable grain, used especially for making malt, from which are distilled liquors of extensive use, as beer, ale and porter. It is of the genus hordeum, consisting of several species. Those principally cultivated in England, are the common spring barley, the long eared barley, the winter or square barley, by some called big,and the sprat or battledore barley. This grain is used in medicine, as possessing emollient, diluent, and expectorant qualities.

Definition 2024

barley

barley

English

A field of barley

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Noun

barley ‎(usually uncountable, plural barleys)

  1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

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From Middle English barli, barly, from Old English (adj.) bærlīċ ‎(“barley-like”), from bere ‎(“barley”) (compare Scots bere ‎(“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- ‘spike, prickle’ (compare Welsh bara ‎(“bread”), Latin far ‎(“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno ‘flour’, Albanian bar ‎(“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον ‎(Phḗron, “plant deity”)).

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