Associations to the word «Barleycorn»
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Wiktionary
BARLEYCORN, noun. A grain of barley.
BARLEYCORN, noun. (obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes
BARLEYCORN, noun. (architecture) (woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
Dictionary definition
BARLEYCORN, noun. A grain of barley.
BARLEYCORN, noun. A grain of barley.
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