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- noun Plural form of
barleycorn .
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Examples
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It is said that we Scots, when there was such a nation in existence, have, among our full peck of virtues, one or two little barleycorns of vice.
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It is said that we Scots, when there was such a nation in existence, have, among our full peck of virtues, one or two little barleycorns of vice.
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Unfortunately, since barleycorns are all mashed, boiled, and fermented with yeast, beer can't really be considered a whole grain; and since I don't eat rice, this new barley is helping me in my daily efforts to remain regular.
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Unfortunately, since barleycorns are all mashed, boiled, and fermented with yeast, beer can't really be considered a whole grain; and since I don't eat rice, this new barley is helping me in my daily efforts to remain regular.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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They were interrupted by another dance being called for, and then, his fingers tapping about upon the keys as mechanically as fowls pecking at barleycorns, Christopher gave himself up with a curious and far from unalloyed pleasure to the occupation of watching Ethelberta, now again crossing the field of his vision like a returned comet whose characteristics were becoming purely historical.
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But the witch kindled a fire on the hearth, threw a potful of barleycorns among the cinders, and said to the girl:
The Red Fairy Book 2003
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‘The witch has scattered barleycorns on the hearth, and bid me pick them out of the ashes,’ said the girl;
The Red Fairy Book 2003
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She struck the hearth with the birchen branch, and lo! the barleycorns flew into the pot, and the hearth was clean.
The Red Fairy Book 2003
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Now a selaa, in his weight, weighed three hundred and eighty-four barleycorns.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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The weight of a meah, which is also called a gerah, is sixteen barleycorns.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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