See Also: Barley(medicine)
barley(1)(dictionary)
barley(2)(dictionary)
barley(dictionary)
barley(encyclopedia)
Lamb and barley hot pot(recipes)
pearl barley(dictionary)
barley wine(dictionary)
barley water(dictionary)
barley sugar(dictionary)

uncanonized (iou) and barley(2) (iou)


uncanonized (iou)



uncanonized adjective. Also uncanonised. M16.
[from UN-1 + canonized pa. pple of CANONIZE.]
Not included in the scriptural canon. M16.
Of a saint: not formally recognized. M17.

barley(2) (iou)



barley noun. ['b¨»:li]

(The grain of) a hardy awned cereal of the genus Hordeum, used as Food and in making malt liquors and spirits.
four-rowed barley, pearl barley, sea barley, sprat-barley, etc.
Comb.: barley-bird dial. any of various birds which appear at the time of barley-sowing in spring, e.g. a wryneck, yellow wagtail, or nightingale; barley-bree, barley-broth strong ale; barley-hood (now rare or obsolete) a fit of drunkenness or of bad temper brought on by drinking; barleymow a stack of barley; barley sugar a confection of boiled sugar, usu. in twisted sticks; barley-sugar adjective (of columns etc.) twisted like barley sugar; barley water a decoction of pearl barley for invalids etc. or (esp. with some further flavouring) drunk for refreshment; barley-Wine a Wine or ale prepared from barley; spec. a strong English ale.