Associations to the word «Barley»

Wiktionary

BARLEY, noun. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
BARLEY ITCH, noun. Grain itch
BARLEY SUGAR, noun. A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.
BARLEY SUGAR, adjective. Alternative form of barley-sugar
BARLEY WATER, noun. (British) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar
BARLEY WATER, noun. (medicine) (archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.
BARLEY WINE, noun. A kind of strong ale originating in England.

Dictionary definition

BARLEY, noun. A grain of barley.
BARLEY, noun. Cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn