barley, barleycorn
(noun) a grain of barley
barley
(noun) cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (grain crop): grain, cereal
• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary
Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys)
A village in Hertfordshire, England.
A village in Lancashire, England.
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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