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A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. -- Barley water, a decoction of barley, use…

Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast. Shak.

The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

nden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

Act of taking a bath or baths. Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.

An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.

Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.

A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing. Milton.

mbroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

To gain or win. [Obs.] Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. Bacon. She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. Latimer.

Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.

A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.

Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats. Beaver rat (Zoöl.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania (Hydromys chrysogaster). -- Beaver skin, the furry skin of the beaver. -- Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.

ifferent species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.

ion, or preliminary; previously; aforetime. They may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking. Hooker.

To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.