Crossword clues for barleycorn
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See Corn.]
A grain or ``corn'' of barley.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from barley + corn (n.). Perhaps to distinguish the barley plant or the grain from its products. In Britain and U.S., the grain is used mainly to prepare liquor, hence personification as John Barleycorn (1620) in popular ballad, and many now-obsolete figures of speech, such as to wear a barley cap (16c.) "to be drunk."
Wiktionary
n. A grain of barley.
WordNet
n. a grain of barley
a grain of barley [syn: barley]
Wikipedia
Barleycorn may mean:
- A grain of barley
- Barleycorn (unit) a unit of length, equal to one third of an inch
- Barleycorn (surname)
- The Barleycorn, an Irish traditional music band
- " John Barleycorn", a traditional English folk-song
- John Barleycorn (novel), by Jack London
The barleycorn is a small English unit of length equal to ⁄ of an inch (i.e., close to 0.8467 cm) still used in Great Britain and Ireland as a determiner of shoe sizes. __NOTOC__
Barcleycorn is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Edward Barleycorn (1891–1978), Equatoguinean politician
- Napoleon Barleycorn, Primitive Methodist missionary
- William Barleycorn (1848–1925), Primitive Methodist missionary
Usage examples of "barleycorn".
This is the good Gumbo himself starting the new day, May the first, the day of fertility, with a wish that John Barleycorn keeps on rising.
He had a back-up map available, thank Barleycorn, but it would take a while to access it.
Juniper Suction is all about how Barleycorn kidnapped some young girl called Persephone, okay?
John Barleycorn is one of the oldest stories, and one of the most popular.
Her husband, John Barleycorn, had given her pomegranate seeds to swallow, nine in number.
If Coyote really was a part of the plant world now, I had the feeling that he could maybe take us to Barleycorn in his new state.
John Barleycorn was going to regret his intrusion into my family and my city.
John Barleycorn said, now moving through the verdant growth like a slow, cool warrior.
Sherlock Holmes and the Famous Five and King Lear and Mickey Mouse and Joseph K and the Venus de Milo and Dick Dastardly and Mutley and Holly Golightly, I was also aware of the John Barleycorn figure turning around to ease my Shadow-flesh through the clutches of a network of story-blades.
I followed Barleycorn through the gates out onto the streets of Moss Side.
And whilst walking along these dreamt-about streets I took the chance to examine this body of smoke that Barleycorn had fashioned for me.
Knowing inside that now I had a dark place of my own that Barleycorn could never reach.
Maybe Barleycorn had planned for me a trip through the real-world story as pictured in the dream.
He made no comment as Barleycorn led me to the foot of a flight of stairs.
The rabbit looked very sad to be saying this, and Barleycorn was equally worried.