Definition of barley

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Barley (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..

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Bright :: Bright (v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops..
Corn :: Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain..
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Hordeic :: Hordeic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle..
Yumas :: Yumas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc..
Hordein :: Hordein (n.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture.
Barleycorn :: Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch..
Barley-bree :: Barley-bree (n.) Liquor made from barley; strong ale.
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) A mixture of oats and barley.
Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..
Distill :: Distill (v. t.) To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc..
Bere :: Bere (n.) See Bear, barley..
Ptisan :: Ptisan (n.) A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.
Spica :: Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley..
Beer :: Beer (n.) A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor..
Caryopsis :: Caryopsis (n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc..
Awn :: Awn (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista..
Sprit :: Sprit (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt..
Ear :: Ear (n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels..
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