BARLEY

barley, barleycorn

(noun) a grain of barley

barley

(noun) cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

Hypernyms

• (grain crop): grain, cereal

Anagrams

• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary

Proper noun

Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys)

A village in Hertfordshire, England.

A village in Lancashire, England.

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barley is the 7054th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4744 individuals. Barley is most common among White (74.49%) and Black/African American (18.93%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary

Source: Wiktionary


Bar"ley, n. Etym: [OE. barli, barlich, AS. bærlic; bere barley + lic (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. leac leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. Farina, 6th Bear.] (Bot.)

Definition: A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin.

– Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied.

– Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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