Definition of Barleicorn
Bar"ley*corn` (&?;), n. [See Corn.]
1. A grain or "corn" of barley.
2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the
average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of
barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a grain of barley
- (British, obsolete)the length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or 8mm.
- (architecture. woodworking) a small groove between two mouldings
- In English tradition John Barleycorn personifies beer and whisky which are produced from malt a product of barley.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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