Crossword clues for barley sugar
barley sugar
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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 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.
Barley bird (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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
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 sugar was often made into small spiral sticks, and the name is therefore sometimes used for the Solomonic column in architecture, and twisted legs and spindles in furniture, stair bannisters and other uses. The OED describes it as "a confection, usually in twisted sticks, made from sugar, formerly by boiling in a decoction of barley"
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.