maltedadj.n.
/ˈmɔːltᵻd/, /ˈmɒltᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmɔltəd/, /ˈmɑltəd/ A. adj.
1. Made into malt; (rarely in narrower sense) that has germinated in the process of malting.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [adjective] > malted or resembling malt
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1655 R. Child in S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 142 The great question is, Whether Wheat, Barley, &c. malted or unmalted will make most and best Beer, or Aqua-vitæ.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. ii. 166 As we use to dry Maulted Barly over a warm Killn.
1692 W. Y-Worth Introitus Apertus 9 Others Ferment Malted Wheat and Malt, and so Distill.
1702 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 249 The commons read a 2d time, and committed the bill for encouraging the consumption of malted corn.
1745 R. Dodsley Agric. i. 131 in Trifles II. 104 To mash the malted barley, and extract Its flavour'd strength.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 94 Saccharine..must be extracted either from malted or raw grain.
1844 T. J. Graham Mod. Domest. Med. (ed. 9) 180 Beer made from an infusion of malted groats, or malted rye.
1924 N.E.D. at Whisky A spirituous liquor distilled..from malted barley.
1991 Managem. Today Sept. 52 Glenfarclas has happily turned burn water and malted barley into malt whisky for five generations of Grants.
2. Combined with malt; esp. in malted milk n. (a) a powdered preparation of malted grains and dried milk; (b) chiefly North American, a drink made by mixing this preparation with milk and, usually, ice cream and flavouring.
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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adjective] > combined with malt extract
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1887 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 41 358 Trade-Marks..Food preparation for infants and invalids.—Horlick's Food Company, Mount Pleasant and Racine, Wis... The words Malted Milk and the letters ‘M.M.’
1889 I. B. Yeo Food 539 And first, with regard to the use of Malt extracts and Malted food in general.
1898 Daily News 11 Aug. 5/6 A few jars of beef extract, malted milk, &c.
1930 H. Belloc New Cautionary Tales 41 He gave him medicine by the pail And malted milk, and nutmeg ale.
1960 A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition & Food Technol. 82/1 Malted milk—liquid separated from mash of ground barley malt and wheat flour mixed with milk and the mixture dried.
1974 Times 16 Mar. 11/6 My palate has reverted to childhood and adores American food—sandwiches, malted milk,..jello.
1989 Holiday Which? Sept. 171/3 The curious Bamberg Rauchbier, whose smoky flavour, half-way between cured ham and malted bread, is unique.
B. n.
North American colloquial. = malted milk n. (b) at sense A. 2.
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the world > food and drink > drink > milk drinks > [noun]
rice milk1620
whig1684
leban1695
saloop1728
sack-whey1736
celery whey1761
mustard whey1769
wine whey1769
Scotch chocolate1785
whey-whig1811
chocolate milk1819
horchata1859
tamarind-whey1883
milk shake1886
Horlick1891
lassi1894
Ovaltine1906
shake1909
malt1942
malted1945
1925 I. Gershwin Harlem River Chanty in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 74/3 Yo-ho-ho, with a choc'late malted—Yo-ho-ho, fill up the glass!
1938 Words 5 28/1 Malted, ‘a malted drink’ (concocted at a soda fountain).
1945 Newsweek 8 Jan. 84 The couple..went into a Walgreen drugstore for ice cream. There, high above the ads for malteds, they noticed Vedovelli's paintings.
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 13 Aug. 7 The soda fountain serves such luxuries as candy and malteds.
1969 L. Gish & A. Pinchot Lillian Gish xiv. 202 Order her a malted and a cheese sandwich.
1983 B. Powe Aberhart Summer x. 68 In the basement of the Bay we sat for awhile and had frosted malteds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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