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BARM
yeast, barm
(noun) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
barm (plural barms)
(obsolete, except in, dialects) Bosom, lap.
Etymology 2
Noun
barm (countable and uncountable, plural barms)
Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.
Etymology 3
Verb
barm (third-person singular simple present barms, present participle barming, simple past and past participle barmed)
To spurge; foam
Anagrams
• AMBR, Bram
Source: Wiktionary
Barm, n. Etym: [OE. berme, AS. beorma; akin to Sw. bärma, G. bärme, and prob. L. fermenium. *93.]
Definition: Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast. Shak.
Barm, n. Etym: [OE. bearm, berm, barm, AS. beorma; akin to E. bear to support.]
Definition: The lap or bosom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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