Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
MALT
malt
(noun) a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
malt, malt liquor
(noun) a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
malted, malt, malted milk
(noun) a milkshake made with malt powder
malt
(verb) convert into malt
malt
(verb) convert grain into malt
malt
(verb) turn into malt, become malt
malt
(verb) treat with malt or malt extract; “malt beer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
MALT (uncountable)
Initialism of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
Anagrams
• MLAT, Mat'l, matl
Etymology
Noun
malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts)
Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
(US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
Synonym: malted
Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
Verb
malt (third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted)
(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
(intransitive) To become malt.
(intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor.
Anagrams
• MLAT, Mat'l, matl
Source: Wiktionary
Malt, n. Etym: [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. sq. root108. See Melt.]
Definition: Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
Malt, a.
Definition: Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. Malt liquor, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt.
– Malt dust, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." Sir H. Davy.
– Malt floor, a floor for drying malt.
– Malt house, or Malthouse, a house in which malt is made.
– Malt kiln, a heated chamber for drying malt.
Malt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malted: p. pr. & vb. n. Malting.]
Definition: To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
Malt, v. i.
Definition: To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. Mortimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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