barm
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
barm (plural barms)
Nounbarm
- Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
- 1590?, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II. scene i. line 25:
- ...and sometimes make the drink to bear no barm.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 620:
- In 1577 yeast, called barm, is bought at 9d. the pail.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 65:
- And he chaffed the women as he served them their ha'porths of barm.
- 1590?, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II. scene i. line 25:
- A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.
barm (barms, present participle barming; past and past participle barmed)
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