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barley sugar
Word definitions for barley sugar in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barley \Bar"ley\, n. [OE. barli, barlich, AS. b[ae]rlic; bere barley + l[=i]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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternative form of barley-sugar English) n. A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Barley sugar (or barley sugar candy ) is a traditional variety of boiled sweet (hard candy), often yellow or orange in colour with sometimes an extract of barley added as flavouring. It is similar to hard caramel candy in its texture and taste . Barley ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A fine oak staircase with barley sugar bannisters leads out of the stone flagged hall and the south-east facing sitting-room is panelled. ▪ Dad got me to read aloud to him and then offered me a barley sugar . ▪ Ever since they ...
Usage examples of barley sugar.
The pots were labeled Cardamum, Ginger, Barley Sugar, Wrangle, For a Snurt, For the Craye, Vertigo, etc.
I made up a generous pot of hot porridge for myself and recklessly sweetened it with some barley sugar that Dutiful had left for me.
Her mother had gone, leaving behind her a big box of velvety peaches, a tin of barley sugar, and some books, But best of all she had left Joan a promise that never, never would she let Joan think she was forgotten again.
The candy may still be had from our confectioners, but now containing no more of the plant Elecampane than there is of barley in Barley Sugar.