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[mawlt] 
–noun
| 1. | germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling. |
| 2. | any alcoholic beverage, as beer, ale, or malt liquor, fermented from malt. |
| 3. | whisky, as Scotch, that is distilled entirely from malted barley. |
| 4. | malted milk (def. 2). |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to convert (grain) into malt by soaking it in water and allowing it to germinate. |
| 6. | to treat or mix with malt, malt extract, etc. |
| 7. | to make (liquor) with malt. |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to become malt. |
| 9. | to produce malt from grain. |
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| malt (môlt) n.
v. tr.
To become malt. [Middle English, from Old English mealt; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| malt·ed milk (môl'tĭd) n.
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Malt
Malt\, n. [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. [root]108. See Melt.] Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.Malt
Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. Malt liquor, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt. Malt dust, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." --Sir H. Davy. Malt floor, a floor for drying malt. Malt house, or Malthouse, a house in which malt is made. Malt kiln, a heated chamber for drying malt.Malt
Malt\, v. i. To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. --Mortimer.
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malt (n.)
O.E. malt (Anglian), mealt (W.Saxon), from P.Gmc. *maltaz (cf. O.N. malt, Ger. Malz "malt"), from same Gmc. root as O.E. meltan (see melt), probably via notion of "softening" the grain by steeping it in water before brewing, from PIE *meld- (cf. Skt. mrduh "soft, mild," Gk. meldein "to melt, make liquid," L. mollis "soft"), from base *mel- "to grind" (cf. Gk. myle "mill," L. molere "to grind;" see mallet). Finnish mallas, O.C.S. mlato are considered to be borrowed from Germanic. Malt liquor (which is fermented, not brewed) first attested 1693. Malted "a drink with malted milk" is from 1945.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: malt
Pronunciation: 'molt
Function: noun
: grain softened by steeping in water, allowed to germinate, and used especially in brewing anddistilling
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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MALT (môlt)
n.
Mucosal-associated with lymphoid tissue; rare type of lymphoma of the stomach that may be associated with infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori. Also called MALT lymphoma.
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