† barmn.¹

Forms: Old English–Middle English bearm, Middle English bærm, berm, Middle English barme, Old English– barm.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic; with Old English barm (West Saxon bearm) compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, Swedish, Danish barm, Old Norse barmr, Gothic barms < Germanic *barmo-z, < ber-an to bear. The early southern Middle English berm represented the Saxon bearm; barm was the Anglian form.

Obsolete except in combinations.

1. A bosom, a lap.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [noun] > bosom

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bust1807

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > lap > [noun]

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c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke vi. 38 Hia sellað on barm iuer.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 38 Hig syllað on eowerne bearm.

c1160 Hatton Gosp. John i. 18 On hys fader bearme.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Þe slauwe lið & slepeð on þe deofles barm [c1230 Corpus bearm; a1250 Nero berme] as his deore deorling.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15103 He nom his lauerdes hefd..in his bærm he hit læide.

a1325 Lay le Freine 201 Sche yaf it souke opon hir barm.

c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) vi Swetly klyppynge and kyssynge leyde hym in hier barme [1510 (Pynson) barme; 1530 (W. de W.) lappe.]

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 77 Hald thy hand soyn in thy barme, And as a lepre it shal be lyke.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 76 Zephyrus confortabill inspiratioun Fortill ressaue law in hyr barm adoun.

2. Edge, brim, ‘breast,’ ‘brow.’ rare. (So in Old Norse.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun]

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c1340 Alexander (Stev.) 4811 Þan come þai blesnand till a barme · of a brent lawe.

Compounds

barm-cloth n. = barm-hatre n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron

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apron1307

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fig leaf1891

c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wright Voc. (W.) /127 Mappula, bearmclað.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 50 A barmclooth as whit as morne Mylk.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 80 His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide Gazed forward.

barm-fel n. = barm-skin n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of

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barm-skinc1440

ribskin1440

ribbing-skinc1450

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apron1654

trashbag1688

bib-apron1750

queyu1796

mantlea1825

praskeen1827

dick1838

dicky1847

towser1865

Mother Hubbard1877

barvel1878

waulk-apron1886

c1350 Sat. Blacksmiths in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 240 Of a bole hyde ben here barmfellys.

† barm-hatre n. Obsolete an apron.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron

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base1613

placket1661

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flag1851

fig leaf1891

c1300 Men Lif xv, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 155 Fair beþ ȝur barmhatres.

barm-skin n. dialect a leather apron; cf. barvel n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of

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towser1865

Mother Hubbard1877

barvel1878

waulk-apron1886

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 25/1 Barnyskyn [1499 barme skyn], melotes.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D An Elephantes eare, that hanges on his shoulders like a countrie huswiues banskin [sic].

?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 5 Hal..had his Knockus lapt in his Barm-skin.

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. (at cited word) Her smock's as dirty and greasy as a barmskin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

barmn.²

Brit.

/bɑːm/, U.S.

/bɑrm/

Forms: Old English beorma, Middle English beorme, berrme, Middle English berm(e, Middle English–1600s barme, (1600s birme), 1600s– barm.

Etymology: Old English beorma; probably common Germanic ( < *bermon-), though early cognates are wanting; compare Danish bärme, Swedish barma, Frisian berme, barm, Low German borme, barme, barm, modern German bärme.

a. The froth that forms on the top of fermenting malt liquors, which is used to leaven bread, and to cause fermentation in other liquors; yeast, leaven.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > leaven or yeast

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leaven1340

fermentc1420

God's good1469

quickening1573

rising1594

sizzing1594

leavening1626

kneading1638

emptying1650

yeast-cake1795

hametz1891

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > froth or scum

barmc1000

yeastc1000

overdecking1605

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 33 Heofena rice is gelic beor man.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 996 Bræd All þeorrf. wiþþ utenn berrme.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 260 Alum, glas, berme, wort.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 39 With egges and floure in batere þou make, Put berme þer to.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 145 The froth or barme..[has] a property to keepe the skin faire and cleare in womens faces.

1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 130 His Brains worked like Birme in an Ale-Fat.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 254 The sea was working like barm.

b. transferred or figurative. Ferment, fermenting agent.

ΚΠ

c1580 A. Montgomerie Sonn. to R. Hudsone This barme and blaidry buists up all my bees.

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iv. 48 I assert the gall to be the barm or ferment of the venal blood.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 174/1 Milton's dough..is never the lighter for the bitter barm he kneads up with it.

†2. The froth or ‘head’ of beer when poured out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > froth on ale or beer

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collar1945

c1275 Sermun in Old Eng. Misc. 188 Loȝe heo holdet hore galun, mid berme [v.r. beorme] heo hine fulleþ.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 32 Berme of ale or other lyke, spuma.

1483 Cath. Angl. 22/1 Barme, spuma.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as in barm-fly, barm-froth, barm-man.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > froth on ale or beer

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yeastc1430

head1545

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collar1945

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > of yeasty colour

barm-fly1606

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > sellers of other provisions

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pudding-wife1287

eirmongerc1305

honeyman1510

egg-wife1659

corn-chandler1687

pickle man1714

tea man1736

pickle dealer1791

iceman1807

ice-creamer1851

plum duffer1851

barm-man1913

traiteur1963

1606 Wily Beguilde Prol. 2 That barme-froth Poet.

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 335 Another Dun called the Barm-fly from its yeasty colour.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iii. 49 She was looking down the alley..for the barm-man.

1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 557/1 The man who sold ‘barm’ (brewers' yeast) drove round the district..one saw women hastening over the heath, jug in hand, to catch the ‘barm-man’.

C2.

barm-pot n. a pot for storing barm; also figurative, an eccentric or mad person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > yeast pot

barm-pot1951

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person

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madmanc1330

lunatic1377

franticc1380

madwomana1438

March harec1500

Bedlam beggar1525

fanaticc1525

bedlama1529

frenetic1528

Jack o' Bedlam1528

Tom o' Bedlam1569

crack-brain1570

madbrain1570

Tom1575

madcap1589

gelt1596

madhead1600

brainsick1605

madpash1611

non compos1628

madling1638

bedlam-man1658

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fan1682

bedlamite1691

cracka1701

lymphatic1708

shatter-brain1719

mad1729

maniaca1763

non compos mentis1765

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shatter-wit1775

insane1786

craze1831

dement1857

crazy1867

crackpot1883

loony1884

bug1885

psychopath1885

dingbat1887

psychopathic1890

ding-a-ling1899

meshuggener1900

détraqué1902

maddiea1903

nut1908

mental1913

ding1929

lakes1934

wack1938

fruitcake1942

nutty1942

barm-pot1951

nutcake1953

nutter1958

nutcase1959

nut job1959

meshuga1962

nutsy1964

headcase1965

nutball1968

headbanger1973

nutso1975

wacko1977

nut bar1978

mentalist1990

1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge i. i. 34 Lady Barth, a rich old barmpot.

1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 16/2 Barm pot, a pot for storing barm or yeast.

1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville ix. 196 Thus a harmless schizophrenic will be classified by the staff as a ‘barmpot’ and by the prisoners as a ‘nutter’.

barm-stick n. figurative a feeble-minded person ( Eng. Dial. Dict.); also attributive.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

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greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

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hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

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foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

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greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

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peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

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sawn1953

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stiffy1965

1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush 278 We've heard that barm-stick yarn before.

Draft additions June 2007

barm cake n. English regional (now chiefly northern) a bread roll.

ΚΠ

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 3/1 Barm-cake is cake made with yeast.

1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. iii. 200 We were sitting together on my bed, eating condensed milk with a teaspoon and sharing the barm cake Karl had brought in with him in a paper bag.

1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell xxi. 148 She fetched tea in mugs and a bowl of barm-cakes with margarine.

2001 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 9 This being Wigan, she has a meat and potato pie in one hand and a chip barmcake in the other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

barmv.

Etymology: < barm n.²

Obsolete or archaic.

1. To mix with yeast; to leaven, ferment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (transitive)] > ferment

work1594

barm1615

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c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 33 Oþþæt gebeormad wæs all.]

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 245 The seed it selfe..is so houen and barmed as it were with spirits.

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xxiii. 589 Your best ale must be barmed as soone as it is coold.

2. To rise in froth or fermentation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (intransitive)] > ferment

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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 32/2 Bermyn, or spurgyn as ale, spumo.

1822 Provost ii. 16 It set men's minds a barming and working.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

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单词	barm
释义	† barmn.¹ Forms: Old English–Middle English bearm, Middle English bærm, berm, Middle English barme, Old English– barm. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic; with Old English barm (West Saxon bearm) compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, Swedish, Danish barm, Old Norse barmr, Gothic barms < Germanic barmo-z, < ber-an* to bear. The early southern Middle English berm represented the Saxon bearm; barm was the Anglian form. Obsolete except in combinations. 1. A bosom, a lap. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [noun] > bosom greadec897 barmc950 bosomc1000 breasta1400 bosie1737 bust1807 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > lap > [noun] greadec897 barmc950 lapc1300 alvary1595 girdlestead1882 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke vi. 38 Hia sellað on barm iuer. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 38 Hig syllað on eowerne bearm. c1160 Hatton Gosp. John i. 18 On hys fader bearme. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Þe slauwe lið & slepeð on þe deofles barm [c1230 Corpus bearm; a1250 Nero berme] as his deore deorling. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15103 He nom his lauerdes hefd..in his bærm he hit læide. a1325 Lay le Freine 201 Sche yaf it souke opon hir barm. c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) vi Swetly klyppynge and kyssynge leyde hym in hier barme [1510 (Pynson) barme; 1530 (W. de W.) lappe.] a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 77 Hald thy hand soyn in thy barme, And as a lepre it shal be lyke. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 76 Zephyrus confortabill inspiratioun Fortill ressaue law in hyr barm adoun. 2. Edge, brim, ‘breast,’ ‘brow.’ rare. (So in Old Norse.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] brerdc1000 hemc1200 barmc1340 cantc1375 margina1382 boardc1400 borderc1400 brinkc1420 edgea1450 verge1459 brim1525 rind1530 margent1538 abuttal1545 marge1551 skirt1566 lip1592 skirt1598 limb1704 phylactery1715 rim1745 rand1829 c1340 Alexander (Stev.) 4811 Þan come þai blesnand till a barme · of a brent lawe. Compounds barm-cloth n. = barm-hatre n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron barm-clothc1000 barm-hatrec1300 apron1307 belly-cheat1608 base1613 placket1661 belly-piece1689 flag1851 fig leaf1891 c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wright Voc. (W.) /127 Mappula, bearmclað. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 50 A barmclooth as whit as morne Mylk. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 80 His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide Gazed forward. barm-fel n. = barm-skin n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of barm-felc1350 barm-skinc1440 ribskin1440 ribbing-skinc1450 fore-smock1536 apron1654 trashbag1688 bib-apron1750 queyu1796 mantlea1825 praskeen1827 dick1838 dicky1847 towser1865 Mother Hubbard1877 barvel1878 waulk-apron1886 c1350 Sat. Blacksmiths in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 240 Of a bole hyde ben here barmfellys. † barm-hatre n. Obsolete an apron. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron barm-clothc1000 barm-hatrec1300 apron1307 belly-cheat1608 base1613 placket1661 belly-piece1689 flag1851 fig leaf1891 c1300 Men Lif xv, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 155 Fair beþ ȝur barmhatres. barm-skin n. dialect a leather apron; cf. barvel n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of barm-felc1350 barm-skinc1440 ribskin1440 ribbing-skinc1450 fore-smock1536 apron1654 trashbag1688 bib-apron1750 queyu1796 mantlea1825 praskeen1827 dick1838 dicky1847 towser1865 Mother Hubbard1877 barvel1878 waulk-apron1886 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 25/1 Barnyskyn [1499 barme skyn], melotes. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D An Elephantes eare, that hanges on his shoulders like a countrie huswiues banskin [sic]. ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 5 Hal..had his Knockus lapt in his Barm-skin. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. (at cited word) Her smock's as dirty and greasy as a barmskin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). barmn.² Brit. /bɑːm/, U.S. /bɑrm/ Forms: Old English beorma, Middle English beorme, berrme, Middle English berm(e, Middle English–1600s barme, (1600s birme), 1600s– barm. Etymology: Old English beorma; probably common Germanic ( < bermon-), though early cognates are wanting; compare Danish bärme, Swedish barma, Frisian berme, barm, Low German borme, barme, barm, modern German bärme. 1. a. The froth that forms on the top of fermenting malt liquors, which is used to leaven bread, and to cause fermentation in other liquors; yeast, leaven. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > leaven or yeast barmc1000 yeastc1000 sourdough1303 leaven1340 fermentc1420 God's good1469 quickening1573 rising1594 sizzing1594 leavening1626 kneading1638 emptying1650 yeast-cake1795 hametz1891 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > froth or scum barmc1000 yeastc1000 overdecking1605 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt.* (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 33 Heofena rice is gelic beor man. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 996 Bræd All þeorrf. wiþþ utenn berrme. c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 260 Alum, glas, berme, wort. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 39 With egges and floure in batere þou make, Put berme þer to. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 145 The froth or barme..[has] a property to keepe the skin faire and cleare in womens faces. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 130 His Brains worked like Birme in an Ale-Fat. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 254 The sea was working like barm. b. transferred or figurative. Ferment, fermenting agent. ΚΠ c1580 A. Montgomerie Sonn. to R. Hudsone This barme and blaidry buists up all my bees. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iv. 48 I assert the gall to be the barm or ferment of the venal blood. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 174/1 Milton's dough..is never the lighter for the bitter barm he kneads up with it. †2. The froth or ‘head’ of beer when poured out. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > froth on ale or beer barmc1275 yeastc1430 head1545 barm-froth1606 collar1945 c1275 Sermun in Old Eng. Misc. 188 Loȝe heo holdet hore galun, mid berme [v.r. beorme] heo hine fulleþ. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 32 Berme of ale or other lyke, spuma. 1483 Cath. Angl. 22/1 Barme, spuma. Compounds C1. attributive, as in barm-fly, barm-froth, barm-man. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > froth on ale or beer barmc1275 yeastc1430 head1545 barm-froth1606 collar1945 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > of yeasty colour barm-fly1606 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > sellers of other provisions cheesemonger1185 pudding-wife1287 eirmongerc1305 honeyman1510 egg-wife1659 corn-chandler1687 pickle man1714 tea man1736 pickle dealer1791 iceman1807 ice-creamer1851 plum duffer1851 barm-man1913 traiteur1963 1606 Wily Beguilde Prol. 2 That barme-froth Poet. 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 335 Another Dun called the Barm-fly from its yeasty colour. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iii. 49 She was looking down the alley..for the barm-man. 1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 557/1 The man who sold ‘barm’ (brewers' yeast) drove round the district..one saw women hastening over the heath, jug in hand, to catch the ‘barm-man’. C2. barm-pot n. a pot for storing barm; also figurative, an eccentric or mad person. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > yeast pot barm-pot1951 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge i. i. 34 Lady Barth, a rich old barmpot. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 16/2 Barm pot, a pot for storing barm or yeast. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville ix. 196 Thus a harmless schizophrenic will be classified by the staff as a ‘barmpot’ and by the prisoners as a ‘nutter’. barm-stick n. figurative a feeble-minded person ( Eng. Dial. Dict.); also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush 278 We've heard that barm-stick yarn before. Draft additions June 2007 barm cake n. English regional (now chiefly northern) a bread roll. ΚΠ 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 3/1 Barm-cake is cake made with yeast. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. iii. 200 We were sitting together on my bed, eating condensed milk with a teaspoon and sharing the barm cake Karl had brought in with him in a paper bag. 1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell xxi. 148 She fetched tea in mugs and a bowl of barm-cakes with margarine. 2001 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 9 This being Wigan, she has a meat and potato pie in one hand and a chip barmcake in the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). barmv. Etymology: < barm n.² Obsolete or archaic. 1. To mix with yeast; to leaven, ferment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (transitive)] > ferment work1594 barm1615 ferment1673 c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 33 Oþþæt gebeormad wæs all.] 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 245 The seed it selfe..is so houen and barmed as it were with spirits. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xxiii. 589 Your best ale must be barmed as soone as it is coold. 2. To rise in froth or fermentation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (intransitive)] > ferment barmc1440 spurgec1440 work1570 spurge1634 ferment1667 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 32/2 Bermyn, or spurgyn as ale, spumo. 1822 Provost ii. 16 It set men's minds a barming and working. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.¹c950n.²c1000v.c1440
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