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pearl-barley
[Cf. pearl v.1 5.]
Barley reduced by attrition to small rounded grains; used in making barley-water, broths, and soups.
1710Brit. Apollo II. No. 112. 2/2 The Pearl-Barley bears the Preference. 1812Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. II. App. 50 Pot or pearl barley. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 376/2 Barley..prepared by grinding off the outer cuticle, which forms ‘pot barley’. When the attrition is carried farther, so that the grain is reduced to small round pellets, it is called ‘pearl barley’. |