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barley

bar·ley

UK/ˈbɑːli/ US/ˈbɑɹli/ uncommon

noun

1.

a grain of barley

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Origin

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

Phrases

  • barley beer
  • barley bread
  • barley coal
  • barley fork
  • barley grass
  • barley itch
  • barley jointworm
  • barley midge

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