Word Meanings - HUMMEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
Related words: (words related to HUMMEL)
- BARLEY-BREE
Liquor made from barley; strong ale. Burns. - BARLEYCORN
1. A grain or "corn" of barley. 2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky. - SEPARATE
pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. 1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii. - BARLEY
A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird , the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction - BARLEYBRAKE; BARLEYBREAK
An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. - INSEPARATE
Not separate; together; united. Shak. - INSEPARATELY
Inseparably. Cranmer.