[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barley \bar"ley\, n. oe. barli, barlich, as. baerlic; bere
   barley + limacc which is prob. the same as e. like, adj.,
   or perh. a form of as. le=ac 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
see also:
farina bear hordeum barley bird barley sugar barley water 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   

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