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| barbate |
bearded, or having tufts resembling a beard, as oats or barley. |
| barleycorn |
barley, or a seed of the barley plant. [2 definitions] |
| corn1 |
(chiefly British) any cereal plant such as wheat, barley, or oats, or the harvested seed of cereal plants. [1/7 definitions] |
| groats |
hulled kernels of grain, esp. barley, buckwheat, or oats, often coarsely broken up. |
| malt |
sprouted grain, esp. barley, used mainly in brewing and distilling. [1/5 definitions] |
| scone |
a small, soft, usu. round bread or pastry made from oatmeal, barley meal, or the like. |
| Scotch broth |
a thick soup consisting of mutton, vegetables, and barley. |
| Scotch whisky |
whiskey that has been distilled in Scotland, usu. from malted barley. |
| whiskey |
an alcoholic liquor distilled from grains such as rye, barley, or corn and usu. containing forty to fifty percent alcohol. [1/2 definitions] |
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