Definition of Pearl barley

1. Noun. Barley ground into small round pellets.

Generic synonyms: Barley, Barleycorn

Definition of Pearl barley

1. Noun. Barley that has had the husk and bran removed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearl Barley

pearces
pearch
pearches
pearcing
peare
peares
pearl
pearl-ash
pearl-bordered fritillaries
pearl-bordered fritillary
pearl-fish
pearl-necklace
pearl-weed
pearl-worker's disease
pearl ash
pearl barley (current term)
pearl cyst
pearl diver
pearl divers
pearl fishery
pearl grey
pearl hominy
pearl millet
pearl moss
pearl necklace gallbladder
pearl necklaces
pearl of wisdom
pearl oyster
pearl oysters

Literary usage of Pearl barley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"The farina obtained by grinding pearl barley to powder is called patent barley. ... It is prepared as follows :—Take two ounces and a half of pearl barley ..."

2. Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Rumford (1800)
"... for pearl barley, for making Soups. — General Directions for preparing cheap Soups. ... pearl barley ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"... material prepared from barley is ' pearl barley,' in which the husk and germ have been removed mechanically. This material is also sometimes ground into ..."

4. Foods by Edward Smith (1876)
"BASLEY, MASLIN AND EYE—SCOTCH AND pearl barley— GLUTEN. is now rarely used in this country for the preparation of solid food, but is chiefly devoted to the ..."

5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"It is prepared by boiling for twenty minutes ю parts of washed pearl barley with 150 parts of water and straining. ..."

6. The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery by William Andrus Alcott (1839)
"pearl barley. Oats. BARLEY is but little raised in this country ; and when used, is seldom converted into bread. On the eastern continent its use is quite ..."

7. Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses by Arthur Herbert Church (1893)
"Some is ground into meal and used for feeding pigs; while much is milled, yielding pot or Scotch barley and pearl barley. The whole grain is subjected to a ..."

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