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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…

e genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.

Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.

ny plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses. The crimson dulse . . . with its waving blade. Percival. First the blade, then ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Mark iv. 28.

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson.

A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

ia, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

uerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [U.S.] Farrow.

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. Dryden. Old birds are not caught with caff. Old Proverb.

A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray.

The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [Prov. Eng.]

Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

A fish, the European striped wrasse.

The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.

r detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure. About the plan of "Rasselas" little was said by the critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism. Macaulay.

The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.

; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.

To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton.