maltenv.
/ˈmɔːlt(ə)n/, /ˈmɒlt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmɔlt(ə)n/, /ˈmɑlt(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈmɔt(ə)n/ Scottish. rare.
intransitive. Of grain or seeds: to become malt. Cf. malt v. 2.
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1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer 123 The worst way of all, is to spread the rye-grass on the moist ground; for it makes the seed malten.
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 67 When barley and common bear or big have been cultivated for some time in a mixed state, they spring and ripen and malten equally.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Mauten, Mawten, to begin to spring; a term applied to grain, when steeped in order to be converted into malt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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