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A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [Eng.] Oxf. Gloss.

m, 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, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.…

Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.] Burns.

An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

A grain or "corn" of barley.

An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

ict in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

The territory ruled by a bey.

On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, generalas, a bird's-eye view.

See under Maple.

Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

of Besee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Evil biseye, ill looking. [Obs.]

To bewray; to reveal. [Obs.]

Having black eyes. Dryden.

The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta).

Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.

Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted. The blear-eyed Crispin. Drant.

A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison.