Malt

mawlt, n. barley or other grain steeped in water, allowed to sprout, and dried in a kiln, used in brewing ale, .— v.t. to make into malt.— v.i. to become malt: ( hum. ) to drink malt liquor.— adj. containing or made with malt.— ns. Malt′-dust , grain-sprouts produced and 'screened off' in malt-making; Malt′-floor , a perforated floor in the chamber of a malt-kiln, through which heat rises; Malt′-horse , a heavy horse, such as used by brewers—hence ( Shak. ) used in reproach for a dull, stupid person; Malt′ing ; Malt′-kiln ; Malt′-mill , a mill for grinding malt; Malt′ose , a hard, white, crystalline sugar, formed by the action of malt or diastase on starch; Malt′ster , Malt′man , one whose trade or occupation it is to make malt ( -ster was up to the end of the 13th century a feminine affix); Malt′worm ( Shak. ), a lover of malted liquors, a tippler.— adj. Malt′y .— Malt liquor , a liquor, as beer, ale, or porter, formed from malt; Malt tea , the liquid infusion of the mash in brewing. [A.S. mealt , pa.t. of melt an , to soften; cf. Ger. malz .]