Definition of malt

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Malt (n.) Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky..

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Gill :: Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Porter :: Porter (n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities..
Malting :: Malting (n.) The process of making, or of becoming malt..
Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..
Stout-hearted :: Stout (n.) A strong malt liquor; strong porter.
Malting :: Malting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mal.
Suction :: Sucrose (n.) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type..
Purl :: Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices..
Maltha :: Maltha (n.) Mortar.
Malted :: Malted (imp. & p. p.) of Mal.
Sprit :: Sprit (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt..
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
Maltreat :: Maltreat (v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Maltalent :: Maltalent (n.) Ill will; malice.
Malt :: Malt (v. t.) To make into malt; as, to malt barley..
Beerhouse :: Beerhouse (n.) A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation..
Wort :: Wort (n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation..
Maltreated :: Maltreated (imp. & p. p.) of Maltrea.
Maltreament :: Maltreament (n.) Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.
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