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noun
- barley1(def 1).
- a grain of barley.
- a unit of length equal to 1/3 inch (8.5 mm).
- Also barley corn. a type of basket weave that produces an allover geometric pattern.
noun
- John. John Barleycorn.
noun
- a grain of barley, or barley itself
- an obsolete unit of length equal to one third of an inch
late 14c., from barley + corn (n.). Perhaps to distinguish the barley plant or the grain from its products. In Britain and U.S., the grain is used mainly to prepare liquor, hence personification as John Barleycorn (1620) in popular ballad, and many now-obsolete figures of speech, e.g. to wear a barley cap (16c.) “to be drunk.”
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Barleycorn Sito Ufficiale – Made In Italy dal 1991
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