Found 2 items, similar to barleycorn.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: barleycorn
barleycorn
n 1: a grain of barley
2: a grain of barley [syn:
barley]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Barleycorn
Barleycorn
\Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See
Corn.]
1. A grain or
“corn” of barley.
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2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length
of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
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John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as
the source of malt liquor or whisky.
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