DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
18.221.222.47
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bar·ley·corn n.
 1. A grain or “corn” of barley.
 2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
 John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 John Barleycorn
      n : distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze,
           hard drink, hard liquor, strong drink]