Refuse, dregs, lees; wash or swill given to swine; hog's-wash; spec. the refuse or grains of malt after brewing or distilling; brewer's grains.

With plural agreement. In the process of malting: the radicles and acrospires of grain that has been partly germinated and kiln-dried, which are…

The refuse, consisting chiefly of the dried radicles or ‘comes’, which falls from the grain in the process of malting.

refuse malt left after brewing ale.

Specialized applications of the plural. Refuse malt left after brewing or distilling.

= ale grounds n.

In plural. In malting: the sprouted rootlets of barley or other grain. Cf. culm, n.2 and malt-culmings, n.

= malt-culms, n.

= malt-culms, n.

see quot.