maltn.1
/mɔːlt/, /mɒlt/, U.S. /mɔlt/, /mɑlt/ 1.
a. Barley or other grain prepared for brewing, distilling, or vinegar-making, esp. by steeping, germinating, and kiln-drying.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > malt
malteOE
barley malt1488
dredge-malt1496
eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 9 Bratium, malt.
eOE (Kentish) Will of Abba (Sawyer 1482) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 4 Ic bidde & bebeode swælc monn se ðæt min lond hebbe ðæt he ælce gere agefe ðem higum æt Folcanstane l ambra maltes.
eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxxi. 74 Eft mare twynihte grut mealtes, smedma, cersan, æges þæt hwite, bisceop wyrt, [etc.].., meng tosomne, lege on.
OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 39 Bratium, mealt.
c1225 ( Ælfric Gloss. (Worcester) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 548 Bracium, malt.
a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 472 (MED) Breez [glossed] malt.
c1395 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 1746 Yif vs a busshel whete, malt, or rye.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. 197 (MED) For many mannus malt we mys wolde destruye.
1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 324/2 All Bruers..bought their malt in ye open marketts.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. l. 398 All the vittale..As quhet, flour, meill, & malt, In the vyne-sellar gert he bryng.
1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 243/1 Þe spoliatioun..of..half a chalder of malt in ail & wort.
1548 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 68 xi bushels of oten malte sold hoc anno vi s v d.
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet C ij As honest a woman as euer burnt malt.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 61 The starkest aill of malt that mycht be browin.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iii. ii. 82 When Brewers marre their Malt with water.
a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 748 Taverns, Tap-houses!.. Most sinfully hath Mault been sunken heer In nappy Ale, and double-double-Beer.
1696–7 Act 8 & 9 Will. III c. 22 (title) An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt [etc.].
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 269. ¶8 I allow a double Quantity of Malt to my small Beer.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. i. 19 Yestreen I brew'd a Bow of Maut.
1760 J. Massie (title) Reasons humbly offered against laying any farther tax on malt or beer.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 115 They were a bad pack—steal'd meat and mault, and loot the carters magg the coals.
1879 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) II. xii. 256 The malt is crisp to the teeth, and decidedly sweeter to the taste then the original barley.
1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xii. 168 Gelatinised Malt. Until very recently malt was made, commercially, by germination solely, and almost exclusively from barley. Since the repeal of the Malt Duties numerous other methods of manufacture have been attempted,..and many other varieties of grain have been malted.
1901 Oxf. Times 9 Mar. 7/1 [The advertisers] have never used any..maize-grits, or any other substitute for either malt or hops.
1939 Fortune Nov. 40 Pure barley, pure malt, pure Budweiser.
1981 Bon Appétit Mar. 32/3 Dark beer gets its added color and flavor from malt that has spent extra time in the roasting kiln.
b. With distinguishing word, as barley, oat, wheat malt, etc.: see the first element.
c. extract of malt n. = malt extract n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > malt extract
malt extract1839
extract of malt1872
1872 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. (ed. 6) II. iii. 913 The extract of malt..may be prepared by any pharmaceutical chemist.
1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Malt Extract of Malt..is prepared by digesting malt with water, straining, and evaporating the product to the consistency of thick honey. It contains diastase, and so acts as a digestive ferment, as well as being itself nutritious.
1928 A. A. Milne House at Pooh Corner ii. 34 But Kanga and Christopher Robin and Piglet were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt.
2.
a. Chiefly Scottish. In conjunction with meal: drink (as opposed to food). Also figurative.In quot. 1870: alcoholic drink (cf. the malt is above the meal at Phrases 1).
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the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught > to wash down food or liquor
maltc1547
lavative1633
chaser1897
c1547 Vox Populi i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 401 Nother malte nor meale,..mylke nor kele.
1698 J. Dunton Let. in MS Rawl. D. 71 v. f. 19 When he married her his circumstances were low, and had been such a sufferer by both the poxes, yt ye one had disfigured his face, and curing the other had emaciated his body; and you'l say wth me yt such an one might verie well endeavour wth meale to compensate for the deficiencies of his mault.
1810 R. H. Cromek Remains 59 Kimmer gets maut, and Kimmer gets meal, And cantie lives Kimmer, right couthie an' hale.
1861 J. Barr Poems & Songs 162 'Twould maybe be as weel To mak his choice whar he was sure O' baith his maut and meal.
1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 127 But after a' jokin', it's maybe as weel That the maut shoudna stan' in the place o' the meal.
1886 L. Morris Gycia v. i 173 Never mind, citizen, we shall be paid in meal or malt, I dare say, and we are bound to keep sober.
1962 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. at Maut n. Meal and maut.
b. colloquial. An alcoholic drink made from malt by distillation or fermentation. Now esp.: malt whisky; an example or drink of this.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun]
oil of barley1638
oil of malt1638
malt liquor1693
mild1712
malt1718
malt-bree1780
heavy wet1821
heavy1823
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun]
usquebaugh1581
creature1638
corn-brandy1704
whisky1715
usque1728
spunkiea1796
skreigh1813
the stuff1828
snake poison1842
tanglefoot1860
whisky-straight1864
oil1869
Auld Kirk1884
snake juice1890
screech1902
scat1914
pinch bottle1916
screecham1923
juice1932
malt1967
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 27 The bauld Billy took his Maut,..And scour'd aff Healths anew.
a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 98 That helps the Poet to create..Will never dreep frae draffy mawt.
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Malt, the chief ingredient of beer, has been used figuratively for the beer itself. ‘A shovel of malt’, is a pot of porter.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxxiii. 297 I rejected malt with the air of His Majesty, and formed a violent affection for maraschino.
1861 C. J. Lever One of Them xxvi ‘And will again, old boy’, cried Hawke, finishing off the other's malt.
1882 A. Nimmo Songs & Ballads Clydesdale 102 But gie them a wee drap o' maut, Then they'll laugh at a' danger, and even face death.
1925 S. O'Casey Juno & Paycock II. 63 There's nothing like a ball o' malt occasional like.
1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy iv. 39 He..poured himself a big shot of the finest Malt.
1991 M. Kilby Man at Sharp End (BNC) 184 His favourite Scotch, Glenlivet. Good old George and James Smith... So easy to relax and forget your troubles when you had a glass of their malt in your hand.
c. U.S. colloquial. A malted milk drink served cold, frequently with other flavourings.
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the world > food and drink > drink > milk drinks > [noun]
rice milk1620
whig1684
leban1695
saloop1728
sack-whey1736
celery whey1761
mustard whey1769
wine whey1769
Scotch chocolate1785
whey-whig1811
chocolate milk1819
horchata1859
tamarind-whey1883
milk shake1886
Horlick1891
lassi1894
Ovaltine1906
shake1909
malt1942
malted1945
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §822/4 Malted milk, frosted, malt, malted, mammy. Spec...half malt..choc-malt..van-malt.
1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance i. 19 Ordinary young couple—out on a date, come out of a movie, stop to have a malt.
1976 New Yorker 1 Mar. 34/1 Channing and I ordered sandwiches and malts, and sat in the editor-in-chief's office eating and talking about the manuscript.
1992 T. Morrison Jazz 223 After a hairdressing..he meets her at the drugstore for her vanilla malt and his cherry smash.
Phrases
P1. Proverbial phrase. the malt is above the meal (†rarely wheat, bere, water): said of a person who is drunk.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > drunk [phrase]
the malt is above the meal (rarely wheat, bere, water)1546
one over the eight1925
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii Malt is aboue wheate with hym, market men saie.
1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. B 3 Haruest. Malt is now aboue wheat with a number of mad people.
1670 Sc. Prov. in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 295 [Scottish Proverbs] The malt is above the beir.
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 87 Proverbiall Periphrases of one drunk... The malt is above the water.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 320 The Malt's above the Meal with you. That is, you are drunk.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 71 When the malt begins to get aboon the meal..they are like to quarrel.
1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 10 He was a sturdy stalwart chiel,..Fond o' his maut aboon his meal.
1891 A. Forbes Bar. Biv. & Bat. (1910) 62 As he marched home from the little public-house..with ‘the malt abuve the meal’, his effort to appear preternaturally sober was quite a spectacle.
1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 44 Tam was a thochtie fou, For the maut was abeen the meal.
P2. a soft fire makes sweet malt: see fire n. and int. Phrases 4f.
Compounds
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a. General attributive or as adj. with the sense ‘brewed’ or ‘distilled from malt’.
malt ale n.
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OE Lacnunga (2001) I. cxlv. 100 Nim mealteala; ofgeot ða wyrta nygon niht & syle drincan nyxtnig.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 100 The result is sixteen gallons of ale, apparently very strong, of a very fine flavour, and equal to any malt ale.
1885 N.Y.'s Great Industries (Edwards & Critten) (new ed.) 149/2 Messrs. Henry Howard & Co. are brewers of Canada malt ales and porter,..which are sold in all the leading liquor stores of the city.
1994 Chapel Hill (N. Carolina) Herald (Nexis) 14 June 6 Keir Delon Melvin..and Carl Wade Brassfield..were issued citations for drinking malt ale in public, according to police.
2010 M. Cornell Amber Gold & Black (2014) xii. 180 One was plain malt ale (showing that unherbed ale could be found outside London) and six used named herbs.
malt beer n.
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1678 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 312 Strong malt beare 2 gilders a gallon.
1788 Amer. Museum Jan. 520/1 The practice I mean, is that of brewing malt-beer, which has so generally obtained among the farmers in England.
1882 A. Schwarz & A. H. Bauer Thausing's Theory & Pract. Prep. Malt ii. i. 440 Malt beer and malt-corn beer, being the more viscous beers, contained more extract and proteine substances and less alcohol than rice beer and starch beer.
1979 T. Foster Dr. Foster's Bk. Beer vi. 109 The 1977 report of the Food Standards Committee considers a proportion of 70% malt sufficient for a beer to be designated ‘malt beer’.
2014 Beer Bk. (ed. 2) 71/3 A bold malt beer which explodes with bold citrus flavours.
malt drink n.
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1678 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum (ed. 2) i. 6 They make it also ferment with Yeast, imitating thereby our European Malt-drink.
1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 43 Foxing is a Misfortune, or rather a Disease in Malt Drinks, occasioned by divers Means.
1838 S. Morewood Philos. & Statist. Hist. Inebriating Liquors 623 The malt-drink made in Ireland was never of strength, flavour, nor purity, equal to that manufactured in England.
1992 New Musical Express 29 Aug. (BNC) 9 Supermalt (non-alcoholic malt drink with Vitamin B).
2005 L. Williams Nigeria (Bradt Trav. Guides) iii. 83 It's common to see a couple in a bar with the man drinking a beer and a woman drinking a malt drink.
malt-spirits n.
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1698 Naked Truth of Distillers Case (single sheet) An effectual way to Prohibit the Exportation of Malt Spirits, is to lay a Duty thereon for a time, and take off the Bounty Money.
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xx. 412 We generally indeed pay for the Liberty of fetching Water to the King..three or four Knives, and a Bottle of Malt Spirits.
1893 A. E. Waite Collectanea Chemica 102 Now the intention is to raise such a fermentation..for the purposes of brewing, or making malt spirits.
1989 P. Earle Making of Eng. Middle Class ii. 25 Most [distillers] were small men or women who rectified malt spirits on their own premises and sold the resulting lethal concoction to that motley collection of customers who claimed to be able to get drunk for a penny.
2014 T. A. Bringhurst & J. Brosnan in I. Russell & G. Stewart Whisky (ed. 2) vi. 50 Over the last decade, Scotch whisky distillers have been increasing production of both grain and malt spirits in response to a global expansion in demand for their products.
malt whisky n.
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1802 A. Campbell Journey from Edinb. II. 196 At this time malt-whisky is at a more exorbitant price than was ever before heard of: thirteen shillings per gallon (English) is no uncommon charge for it.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 542 Malt whisky is the product of malted barley alone, distilled in the ordinary pot-still.
1930 ‘A. MacDonald’ Whisky 66 The old single malt whiskies of the Highlands were, on the whole, too powerful and heavy for sedentary town-dwellers.
1970 A. L. Simon & R. Howe Dict. Gastron. 389/1 About a hundred years ago it became the custom to blend straight malt whisky with neutral grain whisky.
2014 S. Fukuyo & Y. Myojo in I. Russell & G. Stewart Whisky (ed. 2) 25 Pot stills of various shapes and sizes are used in Japanese malt whisky distilleries.
b. General attributive.† malt chest n. Obsolete† malt skep n. Obsolete† malt-spout n. Obsolete rare
malt-bag n.
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1415–16 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 612 Item pro factura de lez maltbagges, 1 s. 6 d.
1692 S. Shaw Ποικιλοϕρόνησις 51 I have no bags, if't please your Worship, but a Batch Bag, and a Malt Bag.
1795 Edinb. Mag. May 356/1 They gather it [sc. coffee] in May and June, dry it in the sun on platforms, then beat it out to free it from the shell, and put into double malt bags for exportation.
1898 J. F. Hogan Hist. National Republican League U.S. xix. 296 I presume that they would have put a malt bag and a hop bag into the sea.
1970 D. W. Hall Handling Food Grains Trop. & Subtrop. Areas (App. B) 285 To prevent entry of T. granarium on malt and malt bags into Kenya.
2014 B. Keene Great Northeast Brewery Tour 115 You can..buy beach totes sewn from Weyermann malt bags.
malt barn n.
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1519 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 189 To big vpoun the saidis akeris duelling houssis, malt barne, kill and cowbill.
1691 Full & Whole Proceedings New High-Court of Justice 4/2 Mr. Weesel put an end to the poor Night-Bat: Mr. Black Bird making his escape to a Malt-Barn.
1797 A. Brown Hist. Glasgow II. iii. i. 272 The malt barns of former times were found inadequate to the operation.
1896 D. S. Meldrum Grey Mantle 115 He was coming from mending the coke-fire at his maut barns.
1903 W. Chrystal Kingdom of Kippen 37 That house at Music Hall..was carried on as a malt barn up till 1830 by Alexander McLachlan.
2012 J. Ruocco Another Governess xvi. 36 I slept in barley rushes on the floor of the malt barn.
malt-barrow n.
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1855 Manch. Guardian 14 July 7 (advt.) Malt barrow, dressing machine, bean mill, [etc.].
1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xvi. 264 Malt-barrows vary considerably in shape, manufacture, and use.
1945 Brewing Trade Rev. Feb. 4/2 (advt.) Two galvanised iron malt barrows on rubber-tyred wheels required.
1978 B. Murphy World Bk. Whiskey ii. 48/2 Traditionally, the malted barley was conveyed to the kiln in an ingenious cart known as a malt barrow.
malt cellar n.
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1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 578 To sell thair malt..in thair malt sellaris at hame.
1609 Edinb. Test. XLVI. f. 21v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) In the malt seller within the hous.
1882 A. Schwarz & A. H. Bauer Thausing's Theory & Pract. Prep. Malt ii. ii. 299 Water pipes should be laid through the malt cellar so as always to have a sufficient supply of water for the cleansing of the floors.
1914 Waukesha (Wisconsin) Freeman 26 Mar. 4/1 The two silos now in use will be retained and a larger malt cellar utilized.
2005 P. Schrijvers Unknown Dead xi. 279 Carved partly into a rock, its big malt cellars well below ground level with arched roofs buttressed by solid pillars, the brewery offered the reassurance of a medieval bulwark.
malt chamber n.
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1557 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1893) 128 To my sonne Thomas..for to be heirelomes at the house 111 great arches in the moallt chamber.
1676 in T. Taylor Hist. Wakefield (1886) 109 Cum..brasio, anglice malt chambers.
1765 Compl. Maltster & Brewer 70 If any weevils be in the malt-house, or in the malt-chambers, make a pail-full of good strong tobacco water.
1867 Brewer (new ed.) iv. 119 Malt and Hop Chambers and Bins should be on the second storey, in a dry situation.
1990 K. Yamamura in Cambr. Hist. Japan III. 390 In 1419, the bakufu affirmed its support of the za and allowed it to destroy nearly fifty malt chambers that had been constructed by the saké makers.
2001 S. M. Gay Moneylenders Late Medieval Kyoto iii. 121 A shogunal order of 1419 forbade brewers from building malt chambers outside the Kitano guild.
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1613 Inventory John Horsley 29th Nov. in Hist. Northumberland (1899) (Northumberland County Hist. Comm.) V. 360 One salt, £1; 2 malt chests, tubbs, and barrels £1.
1658 Edinb. Test. LXIX. f. 189v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Lying in his malt kests [94] bollis malt.
1773 T. Knight Let. 17 Mar. in Curse ye Meroz 25 She lay as husht in her entrenchment, as a mouse in a malt-chest.
1880 Brewers' Guardian 25 May 173/1 A very considerable multiplication of mouldswill be observed after the kiln-malt has been in the malt-chests for a considerable time.
1999 A. Kinecka tr. J. Kruppé & A. Pośpiech Omnia Res Mobilia 88/2 Ground malt for brewing was preserved in sacks and large chests; and a ‘large folding malt chest’ was found in the sources from Poznań.
malt corn n.
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c1350 in London Mediaeval Stud. (1951) 2 45 I mot haue..Mancorn and maltcorn mustard and mele.
1581 W. Stafford Compend. Exam. Complaints (1876) ii. 46 It pleaseth vs..nothing at all, which buy most both breade-corne and malt-corne for our peny.
?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 667/1 First, break the malt-corn across between the teeth, in the middle, or at both ends, and if it tasteth mellow and sweet,..then it is good.
1831 Rep. Select Comm. Malt Drawback on Spirits 19 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 295) VII. 341 Will it not have the effect of reducing..the price of the raw Corn Spirit as well as the Malt Corn?
1959 L. W. Roberts Up Cutshin & down Greasy iv. 62 We'd sprout what was called malt corn.
2001 G. Gibson in G. Owens Cereals Processing Technol. ix. 175 The malt corn, with a lower moisture content, is more brittle and has a malty taste when bitten.
malt garner n. now historical
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1453–4 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 634 [Operantibus] super reparacionem..de le Whetgarner..le Maltgarner.
1541 in Archaeol. Jrnl. (1897) 54 176 The malt garner... The schole house.
1720 in N. W. Alcock People at Home (1993) viii. 150 One mault mill and mault garner..2 10 0.
1805 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 26 Jan. A very good Malt-House,..and extensive Barley and Malt Garners to the same belonging.
1994 M. Palmer & P. Neaverson Industry in Landscape (2002) ii. 35 These new maltings were multi-storey and had several working floors as well as grain stores, kilns and malt garners.
malt loaf n.
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1896 Co-operative News 14 Nov. 1198/2 £608 14s. 6d. worth of small bread, including malt loaves, had been baked.
1901 B. S. Rowntree Poverty viii. 288/2 Malt loaf. 3d.
1992 Canoeist (BNC) Apr. 39 We are being fed by whoever is at a lock. Squash at Sonning, tea at Marsh, malt loaf at Hurley.
2013 P. Hollywood Paul Hollywood's Bread 51 As you remove the malt loaves from the oven, brush the tops with the warmed honey to glaze.
malt market n.
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1424 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 184 (MED) Atte Maltmarket yn Grascherchestrete.
1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 324/2 Thus is ye Malt markett lost.
1685 A. Skene Mem. Royall-burghs Scotl. v. 240 King Charles the first..confirmed and ratified..the Priviledge of having an unground Malt-Market.
a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Notices Sc. Affairs (1848) I. 285 The debate betuixt the toune and shire of Aberdein anent ther malt merkat.
1887 Antiquary Mar. 89/2 It [sc. the Malt Cross] received its name on account of the malt-market being formerly held around it.
2013 tr. C. Buchet Brit. Navy, Econ. & Society Seven Years War ix. 219 Wheat destined for London had a total of thirty-five merchants competing for contracts, and the malt market destined for Plymouth only had thirteen suppliers.
malt meal n.
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1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 231 Casting Mault meale, or Beane meale vpon the same.
1885 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 261 Such preparations as porridge, pastry,..etc., should be prepared by first cooking them in the usual manner, then stirring the malt-meal or malt-extract into them.
1903 Courier & Argus (Dundee) 9 Feb. 5 Malt meal..has the highly dietetic and sustaining qualitites for which preparations of malt are so much recommended.
2009 H. M. Esslinger Handbk. Brewing ii. 58 Malted grains (and even malt meal) contain a selection of appropriate complementary enzymes in sufficient quantity [etc.].
malt-rake n.
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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 577/2 Malt Rake, a hand tool used in stirring malt on the kiln floor.
1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All xxii. 249 The malt-rake was also drawn lightly in a careful, jerking movement over the grain.
2012 Oxf. Compan. Beer 365 The rake, dragged arduously through the malt, is simply called a ‘malt rake’ or ‘puller’ in the UK.
malt shovel n.
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a1451 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 99 (MED) j maltschovill, iij d.
1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. J3v And tartes and custardes comes quauering in in mault shouels.
1764 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 71/1 Moving 'em [sc. the beans] often with a malt-shovel, let them lie in beds till the germ swells.
1883 A. N. Marquis Industries Cincinnati 219 In 1881 he..went into the manufacture of bungs and malt shovels.
1998 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 29 July 10 They presented him with a commemorative malt shovel rescued from the brewery's Mansfield maltings when it closed in the 1970s.
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1311 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 51 j maltskeppe & j corbell vijd.
1388 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/240/9) iij Malt skeppes - xij d.
1577 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 580/4 Malt skep.
1881 Brewers' Guardian 19 July 231/2 Their improved malt skeps are largely used by maltsters, amongst others by Messrs. Guinness & Co., of Dublin.
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1334–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 526 In 1 coreo equino empt. pro le Maltspout in Bracina.
malt-store n.
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1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xiii. 183 Malt-stores, and granaries.
malt tealoaf n.
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1969 E. Gébler Shall I eat you Now? 98 They drank tea and ate slices of a sticky malt tealoaf.
malt-trade n.
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1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xii. 276 I shall..for the Conveniency of the Malt Trade, add a particular sort of Mill that [etc.].
1983 J. Brown Steeped in Trad. iii. 38 The railways quickly captured most of the malt trade.
c. Objective. Also malt-maker n.
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malt-making n.
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1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 324/2 People..nowe..for noon occupation of Malt makynge be in grete idelnesse.
1536 in York Wills (1902) VI. 56 To Thomas Wardall..to bee paid for caryage and malte making.
1997 Diss. Abstr. Internat. A. 58 259 Malt-making and grain export formed the basis of its [sc. Stralsund's] economy.
malt-roasting n.
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1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xvii. 292 The monopoly of malt-roasting, created by the numerous stringent Acts of Parliament.
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malt-carrier n.
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1708 London Gaz. No. 4447/4 A Malt-Carrier.
2002 www.showbus.co.uk 9 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) This malt carrier, complete with ladder detail, is also the first Irish vehicle featured by Exclusive First Editions.
malt-seller n.
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1904 N.E.D. at Malt sb. Malt-seller.
d. Instrumental (in sense 2).† malt-conceived adj. Obsolete rare
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1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 67 Sum newe devisid interlude, or sum Maltconceived Comedye.
malt-inspired adj.
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1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 176 A set o' maut-inspired whims, That end in perfect smoke.
malt-mad adj.
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a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. vii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhhv/1 Peace, thou Heathen drunkard; These English are so Malt-mad... When they have a fruitfull yeere of Barly there, All the whole Island's thus.
2002 home.freeuk.com 9 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Have a very merry Christmas, and a ‘Malt Mad Millennium’.
C2. Also malt-dust n., malt-horse n., etc.† malt-book n. Obsolete rare an account-book for the collections of malt-tax.† malt boud n. Obsolete rare = malt-worm n. 1.† malt-bruiser n. Obsolete rare a mill for bruising or crushing malt.† malt-bug n. Obsolete = malt-worm n. 2. † malt-gavel n. Obsolete = malt shot n.† malt lottery n. Obsolete rare a lottery promoted by authority of the English Parliament in 1697 with the malt duty as security.† malt low-wines n. Obsolete rare the first spirit that comes off in the process of malt distillation.† malt mare n. Obsolete rare the female of a heavy kind of horse used by maltsters (cf. malt-horse n.).† malt master n. Obsolete rare = maltster n.† malt money n. Obsolete rare money paid as a tax on the making of malt.† malt office n. Obsolete rare = malt-house n.† malt-officer n. Obsolete rare a collector of malt-tax.† malt oil n. Obsolete rare a residue left over in the process of malt distillation having an unpleasant smell and taste.† malt pie n. humorous Obsolete rare an alcoholic drink made from malt, liquor.† malt poultice n. Obsolete rare a poultice made of yeast and finely ground malt, formerly used to treat gangrene.† malt shot n. [compare Old English mealtgescot payment in malt] Obsolete rare payment in malt, or a duty paid for the privilege of making malt.† malt-stiller n. Obsolete rare = malt distiller n.† malt tails n. Obsolete rare = malt-culms n.† malt ticket n. Obsolete rare a ticket for a share in the malt-lottery.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > other types of account book
journal1540
bankers' book1585
shop book?1594
waste-book1613
cash-book1622
counter-book1622
pay-book1622
copybook1660
audit-booka1680
bankbook1682
transfer-book1694
malt-book1710
pay list1757
petty cash book1827
passbook1833
stock book1835
guard book1839
tommy book1841
bought-book1849
in-clearing book1872
out-clearing book1882
out-book1884
trial-book1890
1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 505 Edward, chief Examiner of the Country Officers Malt-Books.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > member of (weevil)
weevilc725
gurgolionc1420
boudc1440
malt boud1440
malt-worm1440
minta1500
weezela1533
kis1658
pope1658
pipe beetle1712
piper1712
hog-beetle1758
rhynchophore1875
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 323 Malte Bowde (or wevyl, infra.), gurgulio.
malt-bree n. Scottish = malt liquor n.
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1780 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd 6 Keep very far frae Bacchus' reach, He drowned a' my cares to preach Wi' his ma't~bree.
1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Maut-bree.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > mill or crusher
malt mill1379
malt-quern1397
malt-bruiser1796
1796 Encycl. Brit. X. 490/1 Malt-bruiser, or Bruising-mill.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess
houndOE
drinkerc1200
keach-cup?c1225
gulchcupa1250
bollerc1320
taverner1340
ale stake?1515
wine-bibber1535
bibber1536
swill-bowl1542
malt-wormc1550
rinse-pitcher1552
bibblera1556
ale knight1556
tosspot1568
ring-pigger1570
troll-the-bowl1575
malt-bug1577
gossip-pint-pot1580
black pot1582
alehouse knight1583
worrier1584
suck-spigot1585
bezzle1592
bezzlera1593
cup-leech1593
soaker1593
carouser1596
barley-cap1598
swiller1598
rob-pot1599
Philistine1600
sponge1600
wine-knight1601
fill-knaga1605
reel-pot1604
faithful1609
fill-pot1609
bouser1611
spigot-sucker1611
suck-pint1611
whip-can1611
bib-all-night1612
afternoon man1615
potling1616
Bacchanalian1617
bombard1617
pot-shot1617
potisuge1620
trougha1625
tumbrila1625
borachioa1627
pot-leech1630
kill-pota1637
biberon1637
bang-pitcher1639
son of Bacchusc1640
shuffler1642
suck-bottlea1652
swill-pot1653
poter1657
potatora1660
old soaker1665
fuddle cap1666
old toast1668
bubber1669
toper1673
ale-toast1691
Bacchant1699
fuddler1699
swill-belly1699
tickle-pitcher1699
whetter1709
draughtsmanc1720
bender1728
drammer1740
dram-drinker1744
drammist1756
rum-bud1805
siper1805
Bacchanal1812
boozera1819
rum-sucker1819
soak1820
imp of the spigot1821
polyposist1821
wineskin1821
sack-guzzler1823
sitfast1828
swill-flagon1829
cup-man1834
swiper1836
Lushington1851
lushing-man1859
bloat1860
pottle pot1860
tipsificator1873
tipsifier1873
pegger1874
swizzler1876
bibulant1883
toss-cup1883
lusher1895
stew-bum1902
shicker1906
stiff1907
souse1915
booze-hound1926
stumblebum1932
tanker1932
lush-hound1935
lushy1944
lush-head1945
binge drinker1946
pisshead1946
hophead1948
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xi. f. 85v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It is incredible to say how our Maultbugges lug at this liquor.
1860 G. A. Sala in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 189 The inebriated and indebted maltbugs.
malt-combs n. see malt-culms n.
malt-crusher n. a small crusher for testing samples of malt.
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1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xvii. 284 Small malt-crushers are very generally used.
1963 Lebende Sprachen 8 130/2 Malzbrecher, malt crusher, grist mill.
malt distiller n. a person who distils malt spirits.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distiller
distiller1639
malt-stiller1731
malt distiller1753
gin spinner1778
distilleress1841
stiller1902
1753 Scots Mag. Feb. 96/2 The malt-distillers advertised, Feb. 19, that they would not receive or pay them [sc. counterfeit halfpennies] for the future.
1861 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 30 Aug. 694/2 Malt distillers.
malt distillery n. †(a) the action or art of the malt distiller (obsolete); (b) a place where malt spirits are distilled.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Malt Distillery... The art is to convert fermented Malt liquors into a clear inflammable spirit.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 401 The..produce of malt distilleries.
a1993 Business (BNC) Bladnoch, based in Wigtownshire, is Scotland's southern-most malt distillery.
malt-dryer n. a machine for drying malt.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1379/2 Malt-dryer, a device to hasten the drying of malt by artificial heat.
malt duty n. = malt tax n.
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1797 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 352 Malt duty.
1860 E. S. White Maltster's Guide 157 Full directions for applying for relief of malt duty in the case of damage.
1950 Brewers' Almanack (ed. 51) 109/1 The malt and sugar duties were repealed [in 1880].]
malt extract n. a sweet sticky substance obtained from wort, valued for its nutritious properties (cf. extract of malt n. at sense 1c).
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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > malt extract
malt extract1839
extract of malt1872
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 100 The specific gravities of solutions of malt extract.
1897 W. Roberts Coll. Contrib. Digest. & Diet 223 Malt extracts are essentially infusions of malt concentrated by evaporation to the consistency of a thick treacle.
1983 C. Raine Rich (1984) (BNC) 46 I'd climb into my father's bed with my shoes and raincoat on to eat a jar of malt extract that had been carefully saved.
malt-factor n. a dealer in malt.
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1704 London Gaz. No. 4035/4 Richard Haley and Samuel Wallis, Mault-factors.
1891 Post Office London Directory 1689/3 Malt factors..Hop factors..Seed factors.
malt-floor n. a floor on which malting grain is spread for drying, germination, etc.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > kiln > parts of
malt-floor1309
malting floor1613
summer1662
horse1669
cockle1688
curb1731
1309 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 127 [Made] le maltflor.
a1440 Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1940) 55 644 (MED) He prieth you that ye wole vouchsauf to see..tho defautes of the malt flores, for the gistes ben in point to falle doun.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xii. 259 Empty the Corn from the Cistern into the Malt-floor.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 238/1 Malt-floor, a perforated floor in the..malt-kiln, through which the heat ascends from the furnace below, and dries the barley laid upon it.
malt food n. food composed of or combined with malt extract.
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1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 403 If milk be rejected, malt food is generally available.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > payments in produce or goods
fodder corn1222
wood-tale1235
malt-gavel?a1375
ground-bird1560
avenage1594
spendinga1599
stent oil1614
aver-corn1670
booting-corn1670
brennage1753
truncage1893
?a1375 in N. Neilson Customary Rents (1910) 44 (MED) Maltgavel, cornegavell, lamgafol.
a1500 Custumal Mepham, Kent in W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind (1660) 27 De xxj. sum. iiij. bush. de Maltgavel.
malt grid n. a grid for screening or sifting malt.
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1889 A. Barnard Noted Breweries I. 62 The malt receiving room..contains two malt grids..with strong wire screens at the bottom, through which the malt passes to the mills in the room below.
malt grinder n. †(a) a grinder or maker of malt (obsolete); (b) a machine for grinding malt.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > one who makes malt
malt-maker1246
maltster1279
maltman1294
malter?a1300
malt grinder1416
malt master1613
1416 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 202 Will. Herbotill, maltgrynder.
1688 Inventory 30 Aug. in M. E. Grimwade Index Probate Rec. Sudbury (1984) 534 Nicholas Wilson, malt grinder.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 238/1 Malt-grinder, a machine for crushing or cutting malted barley.
malt-kiln n. a kiln in which barley, etc., is dried after steeping and germinating.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > kiln
oastOE
malt-kiln1538
malting kiln1641
east1669
plate kiln1738
cockle oast1743
hop-kiln1784
hop-oast1818
cockle stove1877
sirocco1890
1538 R. Layton Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 212 Therbe here..many malte kylnes, every marchant of the towne..maketh malte.
1666 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1917) II. 66 To be..delivered here, at my house..or att anye other house, malte-kilne & wharfe, in Ipswich where the saide Thomas..shall appointe the same.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Dodd The truncated chimney or ventilator of a malt-kiln is called the kiln-dodd.
2001 R. Kenna Glasgow Pub Compan. (ed. 2) 44/2 In addition to malt kilns and barns, there were a number of thatched cottages at intervals along the road.
malt liquor n. an alcoholic drink made from malt by fermentation as opposed to distillation, such as ale, beer, or stout.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun]
oil of barley1638
oil of malt1638
malt liquor1693
mild1712
malt1718
malt-bree1780
heavy wet1821
heavy1823
1693 London Gaz. No. 2868/2 An Additional Excise upon Malt Liquors.
1780 W. Cowper Let. 24 Dec. (1979) I. 426 Government is too much interested in the Consumption of Malt Liquor to reduce the Number of Venders.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 228 To those in the habit of drinking malt liquors, stout and bitter ale may be given.
1993 Spy (N.Y.) Oct. 37/2 Brother Dennis Jay was hospitalized with a .48 blood-alcohol level after drinking malt liquor, wine and whiskey.
malt-loft n. the place where prepared malt is stored.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > malt-house
malt-houseOE
oast house1287
malting house1469
malt-loft1529
malting office1677
malting1726
malt office1800
1529 in F. Hull Kentish Misc. (1979) 111 The maltloft is wel tymbured..in the said maltloft is iiij Romes for whete and malt.
1682 True Protestant Mercury No. 162. 2/1 Mault-Lofts, Hop-Lofts [etc.].
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 110 The malt for the supply of the brewery is stored in vast granaries or malt-lofts.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > type of
Ragmana1393
lottery general1567
standing lottery1613
malt lottery1697
little go1795
great go1809
tombola1835
Tattersall1895
golden goal1968
1697 London Gaz. No. 3316/4 Lost.., two 10l. Tickets belonging to the Malt Lottery.
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1731 P. Shaw Three Ess. Artific. Philos. 97 Malt-Low-wines, prepared in the common way, are exceeding nauseous.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon > used in specific professions
coal horse1384
beer-horse1560
malt-horse1561
malt mare1594
higgler1707
stead-horse1708
pit pony1876
tip-horse1912
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iv. ii. sig. G3 It was a verie good horse... If one ranne him, he woulde simper and mump, as though he had gone a wooing to a malt mare at Rochester.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > one who makes malt
malt-maker1246
maltster1279
maltman1294
malter?a1300
malt grinder1416
malt master1613
1613 T. Adams White Deuil 48 The markets are hoysed vp, if the poore cannot reach the price, the maultmaster wil.
malt mill n. a mill for grinding or crushing malt.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > mill or crusher
malt mill1379
malt-quern1397
malt-bruiser1796
1379–1418 in W. D. Macray Chron. Abbatiæ Evesham (1863) 304 Hem, ædificari fecit de novo le maltmylle de Evesham.
1558–9 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 293 The irne work of the malt myll.
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 108 Any customarie Water-mill,..Griest-mill, Mault-mill..or any other kind of mill.
1796 A. Aikin Jrnl. Tour N. Wales 13 Aug. 141 Adjoining to the smelting houses is a rolling mill, upon the same construction as malt-mills.
1855 Manch. Guardian 14 July 7 Excellent malt mill, with rollers and hopper.
1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 508/2 The malt..is conveyed to the Malt Mill, where it is crushed.
2015 R. Mosher Mastering Homebrew 50 The kernel changes from a hard ‘flinty’ texture..to a soft and chalky texture that will yield easily to the malt mill.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of practising a trade > of making or selling specific things
tolsester1232
malting-silver1298
malt-penny1334
shongablea1400
malt-silvera1472
malt money1600
ale silver1663
1600 in Notes & Queries (1882) 4 Feb. 88/2 Here followeth a general Rate of the Malte Money due to the Church.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > malt-house
malt-houseOE
oast house1287
malting house1469
malt-loft1529
malting office1677
malting1726
malt office1800
1800 Hull Advertiser 12 July 2/3 A..brick and tiled Malt-office..capable of steeping and drying at once fourteen quarters.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > collector of duty on goods > collector of specific duties
gabeller1598
galera1641
salt-master1656
setter1699
stamp-collector1710
malt-officer1726
salt-officer1748
stamp-man1765
VATman1977
1726 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 27) ii. Gen. List 146 General Examiners of Malt Officers Books.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Malt, The odious taste of the Malt oil will be distinguished.
malt-penny n. now historical = malt money n.
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1334 in N. Neilson Customary Rents (1910) 29 (MED) De consuetudinibus vocatis scatpeny, maltpeny.
1660 W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind 27 Malt-peny.
1910 N. Neilson Customary Rents i. 37 In Durham a penny was paid from a brewing, called in the account rolls the ‘malt-penny’.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
drink1042
liquor1340
bousea1350
cidera1382
dwale1393
sicera1400
barrelc1400
strong drinkc1405
watera1475
swig1548
tipple1581
amber1598
tickle-brain1598
malt pie1599
swill1602
spicket1615
lap1618
John Barleycornc1625
pottle1632
upsy Englisha1640
upsy Friese1648
tipplage1653
heartsease1668
fuddle1680
rosin1691
tea1693
suck1699
guzzlea1704
alcohol1742
the right stuff1748
intoxicant1757
lush1790
tear-brain1796
demon1799
rum1799
poison1805
fogram1808
swizzle1813
gatter1818
wine(s) and spirit(s)1819
mother's milkc1821
skink1823
alcoholics1832
jough1834
alky1844
waipiro1845
medicine1847
stimulant1848
booze1859
tiddly1859
neck oil1860
lotion1864
shrab1867
nose paint1880
fixing1882
wet1894
rabbit1895
shicker1900
jollop1920
mule1920
giggle-water1929
rookus juice1929
River Ouse1931
juice1932
lunatic soup1933
wallop1933
skimish1936
sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. Bv See how S. Katherines smokes, wipe slaues your eies And whet your stomackes for the good mault pies.
malt plough n. an implement for turning the malt when upon the malt-floor.
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1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xvii. 289 Several forms of malt-ploughs are known and used.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Malt Poultice, common name for the Cataplasma bynes.
malt-quern n. regional a hand-mill for grinding malt, usually consisting of two circular stones; (in plural) the stones themselves.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > mill or crusher
malt mill1379
malt-quern1397
malt-bruiser1796
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > prehistoric
malt-quern1397
saddle quern1867
1397 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/262/12) j. Malt querne prec. xx s.
1586 E. Spenser Will in Wks. (1882) I. p. xvii I give and bequethe unto Johon Spenser..one payre of malt wyrnes.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Malt-quearns, (1) stones for grinding malt; (2) a mill with steel crushers for the same purpose.
malt roaster n. a machine for roasting malt on a small scale.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 238/1 Malt-roaster maker, a manufacturer of machines for roasting barley on a small scale.
1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xii. 164 Every brewer in Germany has his own malt-roaster.
malt roller n. a machine for bruising or crushing malt.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 113 The malt-rollers, or machines for bruising the grains of the malt.
malt sack n. a sack of or for malt.
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 601/2 She layde upon him lyke a maulte sacke.
1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xvii. 293 Malt- and barley-sacks usually hold one comb or four bushels.
malt-screen n. a utensil for screening or sifting malt.
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1849 W. Ford Hist. Acct. Malt Trade & Laws (end matter) (advt.) Barley & malt screens.
1885 H. Stopes Malt & Malting xvii. 295 Malt-screens for separation of all combes and other matters, and also for grading.
1915 Q. National Fire Protection Assoc. Oct. 177 The malt is now..run through malt screens or cleaners consisting of cylindrical sieves containing rotary brushes.
1999 D. Sutula Mild Ale iv. 124 You can test the breakdown of your grist with a set of malt screens, which can be purchased from one of several professional brewery suppliers.
malt shop n. North American a shop where malted milk is sold.
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1943 D. Baker Trio ii. 88 She was out of the gate and into a little section of bright lights—college clothes,..malt shops.
1983 E. Pizzey Watershed iii. xliv. 348 We didn't jitterbug at the malt-shop, exactly. We had rock and roll in the gym.
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a1660 Rental Eastry Manor, Kent in W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind (1660) 27 De Malt-shot termino circumcisionis Domini xxd.
malt-sieve n. now historical = malt-screen n.
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1388–9 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 57 (MED) ij maltsyues.
2002 www.mewslade.freeserve.co.uk 9 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) In 1587 John Hunt had a malt sieve for helping to sort the rubbish from the drying barley.
malt-silver n. †(a) = malt money n. (obsolete); (b) Scottish a payment to a maltster for making malt; (c) Scottish (figurative) a return or repayment, a requital.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of practising a trade > of making or selling specific things
tolsester1232
malting-silver1298
malt-penny1334
shongablea1400
malt-silvera1472
malt money1600
ale silver1663
1222 in W. H. Hale Domesday St. Paul's (1858) 56 (MED) & dat iiij d. et ob de maltselver.
1307 Acct. Rolls Wistowe in Mod. Philol. (1936) 34 47 Maltsilver.
a1472 in Cartul. Walt. de Norvico MS White Kennett MS note in Cowell's Interpr. (1701: Bodl. copy) at Molsilver Dabit pro..Maltsilver ad festum Nat. Domini iiid ob.
1542 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1897) XVII. 580 Onerat se..de viij li. pecunie et iiij li. vocatis malt silvir de firmis terrarum de Naristoun.
1569 Court Bk. Broughton & Canongate (1937) 65 That..the said Thomas..on na wayis will find..cautionaris..for payment of the said malt silver without he be compellit.
1606 Inverurie Burgh Court 17 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) For rest of malt silver bocht be the said Wm. Andersoneis wyf.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Maut-siller, 1. Literally, money for malt. 2. Most frequently used in a figurative sense; as, ‘That's ill-paid maut-siller’; a proverbial phrase signifying that a benefit has been ill requited.
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distiller1639
malt-stiller1731
malt distiller1753
gin spinner1778
distilleress1841
stiller1902
1731 P. Shaw Three Ess. Artific. Philos. 99 Which should encourage the Malt-Stiller to be careful and intelligent in this business.
malt sugar n. = maltose n.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > maltose
maltose1862
malt sugar1862
1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 83 Malt sugar (C12H12O12).
1900 R. Hutchison Food 263 The remaining sugars of this group are malt-sugar, or maltose, and milk-sugar, or lactose.
1979 T. Foster Dr. Foster's Bk. Beer i. 6 Beer is a hop-flavoured alcoholic drink which is produced by fermenting a solution of malt sugars.
malt-surrogate n. a substitute for malt used in the brewing of beer.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Malt-surrogate, any substitute, as corn, potatoes, rice, or potato-starch, used in the manufacture of beer in place of a part of the malt required for the normal manufacture.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > malt > refuse malt
draffc1275
malt-culms?c1450
malt-dustc1450
ale grounds1577
grain1583
ale grains1630
culmings1688
malt-culmingsa1728
malt tails1743
tail-dust1764
1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 179 By that and the Help of the Malt Tails, he [sc. the Maltster] fills the Bushel with a great deal of Show and little good Malt.
malt-tap n. regional an apparatus for straining the malt in the mash-vat.
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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 7 Malt-tap, the wicker strainer that is put in the mash-vat, to prevent the grains passing through the tap.
malt tax n. now historical a tax on malt, imposed by the English Parliament in 1697, repealed and superseded by the beer-duty in 1880.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on consumable goods > on other consumables
sester-penny1328
granagea1582
malt tax?1699
abkari1790
malt duty1797
?1699 (title) An Essay upon Excising several Branches that have hitherto Escaped the Duty of the Brewing Trade To make good the Deficiency of the Malt-Tax, And other Funds.
1711 Let. to Sacheverel 11 The levying the Land-Tax and Malt-Tax.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Jolly Jack iv When village Solons cursed the Lords, And called the malt-tax sinful.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xvi. 201 I thought he made that very clear about the malt tax.
1950 Brewers' Almanack (ed. 51) 109/1 In 1697 there was imposed..a malt tax at the rate of 616/ 23d per bushel.
malt tea n. a liquid infusion of the mash in brewing.
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1786 E. Darwin Let. 22 Dec. (2007) 271 Malt-tea may be worth your trial.
a1821 C. Biddle Autobiogr. (1883) v. 329 I believe it was with malt tea she made the cure.
2010 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 4 May a1 On the floor sat three buckets of the mashed barley used to create the syrupy-sweet malt tea that simmered in the brew kettle.
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1697 London Gaz. No. 3318/4 Lost or mislaid..four Malt-Tickets.
malt trader n. a person engaged in the production or sale of malt, beer, or vinegar.
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1880 Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 20 Interpretation of terms. ‘Malt trader’ means and includes a maltster or maker of malt, a dealer in malt, a roaster of malt, a brewer of beer for sale, and a vinegar maker.
malt-turner n. a machine for turning malt in the kiln.
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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 577/2 Malt Turner, a mechanical arrangement for turning the malt while being heated in the kiln.
malt vinegar n. vinegar made from the fermentation of malt.
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1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 849 There are four principal kinds: namely, wine vinegar, malt vinegar, sugar vinegar, and wood vinegar.
1989 R. Moon Delicatessen (BNC) 31 Based on beer and widely used for preserving and pickling, malt vinegar is also available as a strong, colourless, distilled vinegar.
malt wash n. the wash or wort obtained in distilling from grain.
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wash1699
malt wash1729
pot ale1812
1729 G. Smith Fermentation 27 The practice of fermenting all Molosses and Malt~wash, without any previous boiling.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 91 A peculiar volatile oil of a concrete nature, which is obtained during the process of distilling fermented malt wash.
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Maltn.2
/mɔːlt/, /mɒlt/, U.S. /mɔlt/, /mɑlt/ slang (usually derogatory).
= Maltese n. 1a.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Malta > [noun]
Maltese1585
Maltesian1656
Malt1959
1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 40 A sickly simper,..that she turned on like a light for the two beefo Malts.
1969 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 16 Mar. 10 A new and frightening power is suddenly emerging in the Sydney underworld. It is called by those who know about it ‘The Malts’. Police fear it is taking the form of a Maltese ‘Mafia’.
1971 Guardian 6 July 11/6 The ‘Malts’, as one used to refer to them, or sometimes ‘yellow-bellied bastards’.
1986 T. Barling Smoke xiv. 316 You can't count pimps. Scrub Freddy, Maltese Maurice and Johnny Valletta... Malts melt in the crowd.
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maltv.
/mɔːlt/, /mɒlt/, U.S. /mɔlt/, /mɑlt/ I. Senses relating to the production of malt.† 2. transitive in passive and intransitive. Of a seed: to become malt owing to germination being checked by drought. Obsolete.
1. † b. intransitive. To admit of being malted. Obsolete.
a. transitive and intransitive. To convert (barley or other grain) into malt.
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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 324 Maltyn, or make malt, brasio.
?1500 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 630 I woll haue all the barly in John Wynnys charge maltyd for my Lord Mountioye.
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 10v Both Barley and bullimong, thresh out to mault.
1608 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 289 Order to be gyven to euerie maltster..to forbeare buyinge of barley to mawlt.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 559 These Oates being maulted, as you mault Barley, make a verie good mault.
1636 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 275 Sundry abuses by them in buying barley..and in malting it at unseasonable times.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The whole grain [of maize] will not this way be malted or rendered tender or floury.
1813 T. Jefferson Let. 18 Sept. in Papers (2009) Retirement Ser. VI. 510 The method of malting Indian corn.
1889 A. Barnard Noted Breweries I. 56 [These brewers] malt every week 7,600 quarters..of barley.
1991 Daily Tel. 9 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xi/1 I had not appreciated..how farmers in Scotland had malted their barley in a not-dissimilar way to how French farmers ferment their grapes.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [verb (intransitive)]
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1766 Compl. Farmer (at cited word) Old barley, mixed with that of the last harvest, does not malt well.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 48 Scotch barley..does not malt well.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > condition of seeds
cresec1420
malt1733
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 76 If they [sc. St. Foin seeds] are not cover'd, they will be Malted. Note. We say it is Malted when it lies above Ground, and sends out its Root, which is killed by the Air.
1763 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) I. 210 Turnep-seed..if it is not covered as soon as sown..will sprout prematurely, malt, or mould.
1861 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 22 ii. 418 After the seeds have become saturated with moisture, the dry weather returns, and they become ‘malted’.
1873 J. T. Moggridge Ants & Spiders i. 26 The seeds are thus in effect malted, the starch being changed into sugar.
3. transitive. To make (beer, etc.) with malt; to combine with malt. Chiefly as malted adj. Obsolete.
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1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 235 A man of worship, whose beere was better hopped than maulted.
1621 J. Taylor Goose in Wks. (1630) i. 105/1 She is..better two dayes salted For then she'll try if Ale or Beere be malted.
4.
a. transitive. To affect by drinking malt beer, etc.; to befuddle. Obsolete.
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a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 52 And all her perfections to me now do seem But like dreams when I've malted my brains.
b. intransitive. colloquial. To drink malt beer (whisky, etc.). Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink malt liquor
malt1813
1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 68 We..stopped to malt at all the hedge alehouses.
1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 180 Lord U— too declares he saw her malting the same evening.
1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful II. viii. 171 ‘Well, I malts,’ said Tom, reaching a pot of porter, and taking a long pull.
1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 87 She drank nothing lower than Curaçoa,..And on principle never malted.
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