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

girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop. A bouncing barmaid. W. Irving.

Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote. [Eng.]

Apron. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Unreal; illusory. "A sort of Barmecidal feast." Hood.

One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." Dickens.

A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners. Blount.

Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. "Barmy beer." Dryden.

Hindrance from approach; exclusion.

Act of disbarring.

See Barmaster.

See Barmote.

directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. [Eng.]

To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. Chucked the barmaid under the chin. W. Irving.

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

er quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.

Yeast; barm. [prov. Eng.]

To ferment, as a liquid. The working of beer when the barm is put in. Bacon.

; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.