barleyn.
/ˈbɑːli/, U.S. /ˈbɑrli/ 1. A hardy awned cereal (genus Hordeum), cultivated in all parts of the world; used partly as food, and largely (in Britain and the United States, mainly) in the preparation of malt liquors and spirits.
a. The plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > barley plant
barley1303
barley-corn1382
drink1580
drink-corn1669
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10111 Whete corne wyl nat prykke, As otes dowun, or barlykke.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. ix. 31 The flax thanne and barlich [a1425 L.V. barli] was hurt.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. cxv Boþe barley and bere is calde Ordeum.
1483 Cath. Angl. 22 Barly, ordeum.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xvi Barley and otes be moost commenly mowen.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 61 Thy rich Leas Of Wheate, Rye, Barley . View more context for this quotation
1795 Scots Mag. 57 544/1 The barleys are universally a great crop.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 279 Barley is considered to have been the first Cereal brought under cultivation.
b. The grain. barley French, barley pearl, pot barley; see quots.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > barley
bere corneOE
bereOE
barley1124
John Barleycornc1625
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley
barley1124
1124 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Man sælde..þæt bærlic þæt is þre sed læpas to six scillingas.
c1220 Bestiary 291 in Old Eng. Misc. 10 Ðe mire suneð ðe barlic, ðanne ȝe fint te wete.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 133 I bouhte hire Barly [v.r. barliche]; heo breuh hit to sulle.
c1440 Partonope 3760 Brede made of berley or ellis of ote.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viiiv That is the worst barley, and .iiii. london busshels are sufficient for an acre.
1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 25 French Barley is skinned, and has the Ends ground off; the Pearl Barley is reduced by a longer Grinding to a little round white Lump.
1857 E. Acton Eng. Bread-bk. 73 Pot barley is barley of which the outer husk has been removed by mill-stones; it is used for making broth.
2. transferred.
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1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 29 Barleys,..the little projections formed by the operation of engine-turning.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations. (In 14–17th centuries commonly barli-, barly-.) C1. General relations:
a. Objective with verbal or agent-noun.
barley-buyer n.
barley-sower n.
barley-sowing n.
b. Instrumental with passive participle.
barley-fed adj.
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1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Oct. 458/1 Your barley-fed hares.
c. Simple attributive.
(a) Of the plant.
barley-crop n.
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1865 Derby Merc. 25 Jan. The straw of a barley crop.
barley-earth n.
barley-eddish n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > barley plant > stubble of
barley-eddish1669
barley-stubble1733
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 247 Places for this sport, especially on the Barley-edishes.
barley-field n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > barley-land or -field
barley-ground?1523
barley-field1863
1863 M. L. Whately Ragged Life Egypt xix. 187 Barley-fields irrigated by a sacchia.
barley-ground n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > barley-land or -field
barley-ground?1523
barley-field1863
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. vi Thou shalt sowe..thy beanes vpon the barly grounde.
barley-harvest n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest > specific harvest
barley-harvest1611
Indian harvest1639
oleity1656
corn-harvest1670
ice harvest1833
1611 Bible (King James) Ruth i. 22 The beginning of barley haruest . View more context for this quotation
1930 T. S. Eliot tr. ‘St.-J. Perse’ Anabasis 27 Man goes out at barley harvest.
barley-mill n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill
millOE
oat mill1482
corn-mill1523
grist-mill1602
barley-mill1797
flouring-mill1797
moulin1837
corn-grinder1841
grain-mill1867
1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Discov. I. 266 Mills by which grain is only freed from the husk and rounded, are called barley-mills... The first kind of barley-mills is a German invention.
1840 J. C. Loudon Cottager's Man. i. 9 The husking can only be well done at a barley-mill.
barley-rick n.
barley-seed n.
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1840 P. Sellar Sutherland Farm Rep. 72 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III The gates are again shut, until the completion of the barley-seed.
barley-straw n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > hay or straw
hayc825
strawc1000
pease-strawa1325
bean-strawc1386
hard meat1481
quitch?1523
meadow1557
pease-bolt1573
salt hay1648
stover1669
barley-straw1678
marsh hay1728
pea straw1735
chaff1772
long forage1794
bog-hay1799
bhusa1829
peavine hay1846
tibbin1900
slough hay1934
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 51 Barly-straw's good fodder when the cow gives water.
1794 Trans. Soc. Promotion Agric. (U.S.) 1 145 Barley-straw is hearty fodder for horned cattle in the winter.
1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry xiii. 59 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III This is their food during the whole winter with a little wheat or barley-straw.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 256 We'll put a barleystraw in that Judas Iscariot's ear this time.
barley-stubble n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > barley plant > stubble of
barley-eddish1669
barley-stubble1733
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xi. 50 It has brought as good a Crop of Wheat on Barley Stubble.
1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 67 Westward was barley-stubble not yet cleared.
(b) Of the grain.
barley-bran n.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > bran > [noun] > barley-bran
barley-bran1577
1577 R. Willes in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 251v Barly branne the Ilanders do vse in steede of salte.
barley-chaff n.
barley-flour n.
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the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > flour from specific cereals
rye flour?a1425
wheat-floura1425
barley-flour1620
randan1743
cornflour1791
suji1810
sattu1814
Oswego flour1855
atta1860
corn starch1862
Oswego1881
kalo1966
1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 18 If..Barley flower and Rie flower..be added.
barley-groats n.
barley-meal n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > barley meal
polentaOE
barley-meal1382
polent1577
beremeal1753
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. v. 15 A mesure..of barli meele.
1583 T. Nicols Pleasant Descr. Ilands Canaria sig. Bijv Their bread was made of Barleie meale and goates milke.
1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 19 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III They have for the first fortnight boiled potatoes only, then a little barley-meal is added.
d. Attributive of material (= made of or with).
barley-beer n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > other kinds of beer
spruce beerc1500
March beer1535
Lubecks beer1608
zythum1608
household beer1616
bottle1622
mumc1623
old beer1626
six1631
four1633
maize beer1663
mum beer1667
vinegar beer1677
wrest-beer1689
nog1693
October1705
October beer1707
ship-beer1707
butt beer1730
starting beer1735
butt1743
peterman1767
seamen's beer1795
chang1800
treacle beer1806
stock beer1826
Iceland beer1828
East India pale ale1835
India pale ale1837
faro1847
she-oak1848
Bass1849
bitter beer1850
bock1856
treble X1856
Burton1861
nettle beer1864
honey beer1867
pivo1873
Lambic1889
steam beer1898
barley-beer1901
gueuze1926
Kriek1936
best1938
rough1946
keg1949
IPA1953
busaa1967
mbege1972
microbrew1985
microbeer1986
yeast-beer-
1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv, in McClure's Mag. Sept. 483/2 A drink of chang—the barley-beer that comes from Ladakh-way.
1906 Daily Chron. 16 Mar. 7/7 Not less than 85 per cent. of the total saccharine yielding materials shall be barley malt. This beer is to be known as ‘barley beer’.
barley-bread n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > barley-bread
barley-breadc1320
bere bread1890
c1320 Seuyn Sag. 1573 Barli-bred he et for gode.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 114 His [sc. Mahomet's] common diet [was] barley-bread and water.
barley-broth n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > barley soup
scald-lips1706
barley-broth1723
Scotch broth1735
barley-soup1747
sky blue1887
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. D6 Barley Broth. Boil a Pound of French Barley in three Quarts of Water, with some whole Spice..put in Raisins..Butter, Rose-water, and Sugar, and so eat it.
a1806 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Scotl. in Jrnls. (1941) I. 281 A fowl stewing in barley-broth.
barley-bun n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > bun > [noun]
bun1371
wig1376
barley-bun1552
simnel cake1699
simlin1701
muffin1703
Chelsea bun1711
cross-bun1733
hot cross bun1733
penny bun1777
Sally Lunn1780
huffkin1790
Bath-bun1801
teacake1832
English muffin1842
saffron bun1852
Belgian bun1854
Valentine-bun1854
cinnamon roll1872
lunn1874
Yorkshire teacake1877
barmbrack1878
cinnamon bun1879
sticky bun1880
pan dulce1882
schnecke1899
wad1919
tabnab1933
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Barley bunne gentleman..suche ryche niggardes as lyue wyth barley breade, or otherwise hardlye.
barley-cake n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > other cakes
honey appleeOE
barley-cake1393
seed cakea1400
cake?a1425
pudding-cake?1553
manchet1562
biscuit cake1593
placent1598
poplin1600
jumbal1615
bread pudding1623
semel1643
wine-cakea1661
Shrewsbury cake1670
curd cake1675
fruitcake1687
clap-bread1691
simnel cake1699
orange-flower cake1718
banana cake1726
sweet-cake1726
torte1748
Naples cake1766
Bath cake1769
gofer1769
yeast-cake1795
nutcake1801
tipsy-cake1806
cruller1808
baba1813
lady's finger1818
coconut cake1824
mint cake1825
sices1825
cup-cake1828
batter-cake1830
buckwheat1830
Dundee seed cake1833
fat-cake1839
babka1846
wonder1848
popover1850
cream-cake1855
sly-cake1855
dripping-cake1857
lard-cake1858
puffet1860
quick cake1865
barnbrack1867
matrimony cake1871
brioche1873
Nelson cake1877
cocoa cake1883
sesame cake1883
marinade1888
mystery1889
oblietjie1890
stuffed monkey1892
Greek bread1893
Battenberg1903
Oswego cake1907
nusstorte1911
dump cake1912
Dobos Torte1915
lekach1918
buckle1935
Florentine1936
hash cake1967
space cake1984
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 216 Me thought I sigh a barly-cake.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. i. 297 His diet of sweet chestnuts, barley-cakes and pork.
barley-crust n.
barley-gruel n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun]
gruel1362
water gruel?c1450
cullisc1460
chicken brothc1540
coulis1603
barley-milk1607
maize-cream1626
chicken water1684
barley-cream1694
thin gruel1699
viper-broth1702
wangracea1733
barley-gruel1769
beef-tea1783
conjee1789
Revalenta1848
skink1880
toast-water1905
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xiv. 294 To make Barley Gruel.
barley-loaf n.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges vii. 13 A baken barlye lofe came rollinge downe.
barley malt n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > malt
malteOE
barley malt1488
dredge-malt1496
1488 Act. Audit. 147 (Jam.) Fifty quarters of berlik-malt.
1532 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 34 A quarten barley mault.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 39 Beere..made of Barly malt alone.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xii. 278 In Kent, where they commonly Brew with one half Oat-malt, and the other half Barly-malt.
barley-pudding n.
barley-scone n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > griddle cake > scone
scone1513
supple scone1786
barley-scone1820
brunie1821
potato scone1885
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. viii. 237 The barley-scones, which..were so good.
barley-soup n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > barley soup
scald-lips1706
barley-broth1723
Scotch broth1735
barley-soup1747
sky blue1887
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 78 (heading) A Barley Soop.
1935 Browne & Williams World's Best Recipes 22 (heading) Barley Soup.
C2. Special combinations. Also barley-cap n., barley-corn n., barley-hood n., barley water n.† barley-cream n. Obsolete = barley-milk n.† barley-hat n. Obsolete (cf. barley-cap n., barley-hood n.).† barley-island n. Obsolete an ale-house.† barley-man n. Obsolete one who received an allowance in barley, hordearius.† barley-sele n. obsolete or dialect the season for sowing barley. † barley-sick adj. Obsolete intoxicated. † barly-lepe n. Obsolete a leap or basket for holding barley.
barley-bigg n. bigg or bear, a coarse variety of barley.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > types of barley or barley-plant
polbere1440
bigg1446
long-ear?1523
sprat-barley?1523
waybent1538
wall barley1548
barley-bigg1552
bigg-barley1562
polbarley1574
pilled barley1578
way bennet1578
wheat-barley1578
French barley1596
way barley1597
rough bere1642
palm-barley1706
Scotch barley1707
square barleya1722
Thor-barley1755
ware-bere1793
barley-grass1795
German rice1828
battledore barley1848
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Barley bygge. Vide beerecorne.
1625 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. 135 Barley-big, or beare Barley.
barley-bird n. name given locally to various birds appearing about the time of barley-sowing, as the wryneck, siskin, greenfinch, and sometimes the nightingale.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > jynx torquilla (wryneck)
wryneck1585
jynxa1657
yunx1694
barley-bird1766
long tongue1822
cuckoo's mate1831
snake-bird1831
pea-bird1838
writheneck1840
rinding-bird1849
weet-bird1863
mackerel bird1879
felling bird1883
turkey-bird1885
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis spinus (siskin)
terin?a1366
siskin1544
thraupis1600
chipper1668
aberdevine1728
barley-bird1766
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 110 In Sussex it [sc. the siskin] is called the barly-bird.
1863 Young Eng. Aug. 127 In the Isle of Wight the bird commonly called the barley-bird is the wryneck.
barley-bree n. strong ale.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > strong ale
merry-go-downa1500
king's ale1574
nippitatum1576
angels' food1577
huff-cap1577
mad dog1577
lift-leg1587
barley-broth1593
huma1625
stitchback1671
bummocka1688
hum-cap1699
Burton1738
stitch1742
old boy1743
barley-bree1786
huff1790
Morocco1792
old1884
1786 R. Burns Poems 26 How easy can the barley-brie Cement the quarrel!
barley-broth n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > strong ale
merry-go-downa1500
king's ale1574
nippitatum1576
angels' food1577
huff-cap1577
mad dog1577
lift-leg1587
barley-broth1593
huma1625
stitchback1671
bummocka1688
hum-cap1699
Burton1738
stitch1742
old boy1743
barley-bree1786
huff1790
Morocco1792
old1884
1593 Bacchus Bountie in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 273 The barley-broath aboue all other, did beare away the bell, and..neither grape nor berry might be compared to the maiestie of the mault.
1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xxxi A cupful of barley-broth will do thee no harm.
barley-candy n. = barley sugar n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > barley-sugar
pennet1337
sugar-penide1599
barley sugar1702
alphenic1775
barley-candy1883
1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 277/1 Barley-candy statuettes.
barley-cracker n. a machine or appliance for cracking barley.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > cracker or roller
barley-cracker1808
corn-cracker1844
break-roll1910
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon v. 131 The motion is communicated by a belt to the barley-cracker.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun]
gruel1362
water gruel?c1450
cullisc1460
chicken brothc1540
coulis1603
barley-milk1607
maize-cream1626
chicken water1684
barley-cream1694
thin gruel1699
viper-broth1702
wangracea1733
barley-gruel1769
beef-tea1783
conjee1789
Revalenta1848
skink1880
toast-water1905
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 17 Ptisan was a meat of the Antients which we now call Barly-Cream.
barley-grass n. meadow barley.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > types of barley or barley-plant
polbere1440
bigg1446
long-ear?1523
sprat-barley?1523
waybent1538
wall barley1548
barley-bigg1552
bigg-barley1562
polbarley1574
pilled barley1578
way bennet1578
wheat-barley1578
French barley1596
way barley1597
rough bere1642
palm-barley1706
Scotch barley1707
square barleya1722
Thor-barley1755
ware-bere1793
barley-grass1795
German rice1828
battledore barley1848
1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Amer. U.S. III. 401 Those which are found most common are..Barley grass, Hordeum pratense.
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxii. 294 Barley grass..Throughout Colonies, except Tasmania.
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c1500 Blowbols Test. 294 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 105 They that be manly in dronkenesse for to fyte, Whan one ther hede is sett a barly-hate.
barley-hummeller n. a machine for separating barley from the awns.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > beating barley > instrument or machine
pealing-irons1688
hummeller1842
barley-hummeller1851
awner1881
1851 Househ. Words 3 358 The chaff-cutter, the barley-hummeller.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > beer- or ale-house
alehouselOE
beer-housea1513
change1609
barley-islanda1634
China-alehouse1662
mum-house1662
mug-house1685
purl house1700
porterhouse?1730
beer-cellar1732
kiddleywink1830
beer hall1837
tiddlywink1844
beer-garden1863
brasserie1864
purl-boat1902
bierstube1909
keller1927
bierhaus1930
a1634 J. Day Peregrinatio Scholastica (Sloane 3150) f. 30 Goeing to take in fresh water at the Barlie Ilande.
barley-itch n. (see quots.).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > allergy > other allergies
food allergy1914
barley-itch1928
photoallergy1939
phacoanaphylaxis1948
1928 Daily Express 28 Nov. 4 It [sc. baker's itch] is similar to the affection from which millers suffer under the name of ‘barley itch’, due to a small parasite which preys on the larvae of small moths which infest the grain.
1961 A. S. MacNalty Brit. Med. Dict. 772 Barley itch, 1. Grain itch..2. A sensitivity to the plant Mucuna pruriens, which grows among the barley, and sheds irritant hairs.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 561 Sword-fencers, who vpon their allowance or pension giuen them in barly, were called Hordearij, (i. Barley-men).
barley-milk n. a decoction or gruel of barley or barley-meal.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun]
gruel1362
water gruel?c1450
cullisc1460
chicken brothc1540
coulis1603
barley-milk1607
maize-cream1626
chicken water1684
barley-cream1694
thin gruel1699
viper-broth1702
wangracea1733
barley-gruel1769
beef-tea1783
conjee1789
Revalenta1848
skink1880
toast-water1905
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 389 Barly milk, or iuyce called of the old writers..Cremor Ptisane.
1846 Lady Montefiore Jewish Man. 178 Barley Milk. Boil..pearl barley..in new milk..sweeten.
barley-mood n. = barley-hood n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > effects of excessive drinking
ale passion1593
pot verdugo1616
barley-mood1790
katzenjammer1849
Monday head1892
swollen head1898
hangover1904
the morning after (the night before)1909
morning-after1937
whitey1993
1790 Morrison Poems 151 (Jam.) Hame the husband comes just roarin' fu'; Nor can she please him in his barlic mood.
barley-mow n. a stack of barley.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick
moweOE
rickeOE
pease-ricka1325
stackc1330
tassc1330
rucka1382
hayrick14..
haystack14..
sedge reekc1440
hay-mow1483
hay-goaf1570
rack1574
hovel1591
scroo1604
mow-stack1611
sow1659
corn-rick1669
bean-rick1677
barley-mow1714
pea rick1766
rickle1768
bike1771
stacklet1796
bean-stack1828
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 75 Whenever by yon Barley Mow I pass.
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the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year > season for specific agricultural operation
seedOE
seed timeOE
season1393
barley-selec1440
seednessc1450
seeding timea1594
turf-time1594
tid1799
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 25 Barly-sele, tempus ordeacium.
barley-straw n. (figurative) a trifle.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial
gnatc1000
ball play?c1225
smalla1250
triflec1290
fly1297
child's gamec1380
motec1390
mitec1400
child's playc1405
trufferyc1429
toyc1450
curiosity1474
fly-winga1500
neither mass nor matins1528
boys' play1538
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knack?1544
fable1552
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mouse1584
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scoff1594
nidgery1611
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triviality1611
minuity1612
feathera1616
fillip1621
rattle1622
fiddlesticka1625
apex1625
rush candle1628
punctilio1631
rushlight1635
notchet1637
peppercorn1638
petty John1640
emptiness1646
fool-fangle1647
nonny-no1652
crepundian1655
fly-biting1659
pushpin1660
whinny-whanny1673
whiffle1680
straw1692
two and a plack1692
fiddle1695
trivial1715
barley-strawa1721
nothingism1742
curse1763
nihility1765
minutia1782
bee's knee1797
minutiae1797
niff-naff1808
playwork1824
floccinaucity1829
trivialism1830
chicken feed1834
nonsensical1842
meemaw1862
infinitesimality1867
pinfall1868
fidfad1875
flummadiddle1882
quantité négligeable1885
quotidian1902
pipsqueak1905
hickey1909
piddle1910
cream puff1920
squat1934
administrivia1937
chickenshit1938
cream puff1938
diddly-squat1963
non-issue1965
Tinkertoy1972
a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) (R.) She..could plead the law, And quarrel for a barley-straw.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 303 Barley-straw melts into a glass of a topaz yellow colour.
barley wine n. a Greek wine or beer prepared from barley; also, a strong English ale.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > other wine drinks
rambooze1656
barley wine1728
hock-cup1851
speedball1926
spritz1937
steam1941
spritzer1953
Sangria1961
vin blanc cassis1964
kir1966
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > others
cherry-winea1665
morello winea1665
strawberry winea1665
orange wine1675
raspberry wine1676
birch-wine1681
grape-wine1718
cowslip wine1723
barley wine1728
ginger wine1734
gooseberry1766
raspberry1768
mead-wine1794
parsnip wine1830
milk-wine1837
tea-wine1892
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > other ales
strawberry ale1523
red ale1557
sixteens1584
bottle ale1586
hostler ale1590
Pimlico1609
eyebright1612
quest-ale1681
hugmatee1699
Newcastle brown (ale)1707
pale ale1708
twopenny ale (or beer)1710
twoops1729
flux ale1742
pale1743
Ringwood1759
brown ale1776
light ale1780
blue cap1789
brown1820
India pale ale1837
Tipper1843
ostler ale1861
fourpenny ale1871
four-ale1883
ninepenny1886
Scotch1886
barley wine1940
IPA1953
light1953
real ale1972
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 208 To make Barley-wine. Take..Barley..boil it..mix it with..White Wine..Borage water..Cluny-water..Lemons..Sugar..bottle it up.
1820 F. Accum Treat. Art of Brewing 1 The ancient Greek writers gave the name of barley wine to malt liquors.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxx. 144 A sort of barley-wine or beer in tubs, with the grains of barley on the surface.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 21/1 Burton and barley-wine are strong ales.
1953 Word for Word (Whitbread & Co.) 11/2 Barley broth, a form of strong ale (also barley wine..).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > for seeds, meal, or corn
barly-lepec1440
ruskie1810
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 25 Barly lepe, to kepe yn corne, cumera.
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barley coffee n. a coffee substitute made from roasted barley grains.
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1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 App. 255/1 A dish of barley coffee was prepared for them.
1855 Brit. Jrnl. Homœopathy 13 326 To try a piece of roast beef, and to have barley coffee to drink.
1937 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 21 19 I still like barley coffee but can hardly ever get it now.
2009 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 19 Nov. 206 A Spartan regimen of broth, exquisitely presented fruits and complex carbohydrates, served occasionally with fish or tofu, washed down with lemon water or barley coffee.
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barleyint.
/ˈbɑːli/, U.S. /ˈbɑrli/, Scottish English /ˈbarlɪ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
Parley, truce, quarter; ‘a term used in the games of children, when a truce is demanded’ (Jamieson).
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1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xix. 288 A proper lad o' his quarters, that will not cry barley in a brulzie. View more context for this quotation
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