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bar⋅ley

1  [bahr-lee]
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1. a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
2. the grain of this plant, used as food and in making beer, ale, and whiskey.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE bærlīc (adj.), equiv. to bær- (var. of bere barley; akin to ON barr barley, Goth barizeins made of barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno flour, L far emmer; all < European IE *bHaer- spike, prickle, perh. akin to beard ) + -līc -ly
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bar⋅ley

2  [bahr-lee]
–noun, plural -leys. Scot. and North England.
a truce or quarter, esp. in children's games; parley.
Origin:
1805–15; prob. to be identified with Scots barley, burley, birlie local customary law (Compare birleyman arbiter, birleycourt neighborhood court), var. of birlaw, ML birlawe, birelegia, birelag < ON *býjarlagu, equiv. to býjar gen. sing. of býr town (cf. bower 1 , byre ) + *lagu law 1 ; cf. by-law
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bar·ley   (bär'lē)   
n.  

  1. A grass in the genus Hordeum, native to temperate regions, having flowers in terminal, often long-awned spikes.

  2. The grain of H. vulgare or its varieties, used for livestock feed, malt production, and cereal.


[Middle English barli, from Old English bærlic; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bar·ley
Pronunciation: 'bär-lE
Function: noun
: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum, especially H. vulgare) having theflowers in dense spikes with long awns and three spikelets at each joint of the rachis; also : its seed used in malt beverages and in breakfast foods and stock feeds
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Barley

a grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in Palestine (Lev. 27:16; Deut. 8:8). It was usually the food of horses (1 Kings 4:28). Barley bread was used by the poorer people (Judg. 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42). Barley of the first crop was ready for the harvest by the time of the Passover, in the middle of April (Ruth 1:22; 2 Sam. 21:9). Mention is made of barley-meal (Num. 5:15). Our Lord fed five thousand with "five barley loaves and two small fishes" (John 6:9).

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