[W/K] :: Barley

  Barley \Bar"ley\, n. [OE. barli, barlich, AS. b[ae]rlic; bere
     barley + l[imac]c (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj.,
     or perh. a form of AS. le[=a]c leek). AS. bere is akin to
     Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far
     spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. ?92. Cf. Farina,
     6th Bear.] (Bot.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Barley bird (Zool.), 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.
        [1913 Webster] Barleybrake

  barley
       n 1: a grain of barley [syn: barleycorn]
       2: cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and
          grain

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "barley":
     bird seed, bran, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, dog food,
     eatage, ensilage, feed, fodder, forage, grain, hay, mash, meal,
     oats, pasturage, pasture, pet food, provender, scratch,
     scratch feed, silage, slops, straw, swill, wheat
  
  

  Barley
     a grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in Palestine
     (Lev. 27:16; Deut. 8:8). It was usually the food of horses (1
     Kings 4:28). Barley bread was used by the poorer people (Judg.
     7:13; 2 Kings 4:42). Barley of the first crop was ready for the
     harvest by the time of the Passover, in the middle of April
     (Ruth 1:22; 2 Sam. 21:9). Mention is made of barley-meal (Num.
     5:15). Our Lord fed five thousand with "five barley loaves and
     two small fishes" (John 6:9).