barmkin (barmkin)

[Also spelled barm kyn, barnekin, barnkyn; And broad and bloody rose the sun, And on the barmkyn shone. Old ballad, in Boucher's Border Minstrelsy, ii. 341. Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle, And Redcap was not by; And he called on a page, who was witty and sage, To go to the barmkin high. J. Leyden, Lord Soulis, in N. and Q., 6th ser., XI. 386. Battlements and barmkins and all the other appurtenances of Strength, as such places were called. Lever . barmote (bär'mōt), n. [A reduction of earlier bar gemote , also barghmote and berghmote , berg , a hill, mine, + E. mote , meeting. Cf. bar master.] A court established in the reign of Edward III. and held twice a year in Derby shire, England, in which matters connected with mining are considered. Also written bergmote . barmy (bär'mi), a . [ barm2 + -y1.] Containing or resembling barm or yeast; frothy. Of windy cider and of barmy beer. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iii. Why, thou bottle-ale, IMG:content-1679.png:[graphic] Thou barmie froth! barm = Icel. barmr = Sw. Dan. barm = Goth. barms), the bosom, with formative -m , beran , E. bear1 , q. v.] The bosom; the lap. barm2 (bärm), n. [ bar me , berme , beorma = Fries. berme , barm = MLG. berm, barmy-brained barm, LG. bor me, bar me , barm (> G. bärme ) = Sw. bärma = Dan. bærme ; prob. akin to L. fer- mentum, yeast, fervere , boil: see ferment , n . ] The scum or foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting; yeast. It is used as leaven in bread to make it swell, causing it to become softer, lighter, and more delicate. It may be used in liquors to make them ferment or work. It is a fungus, Saccharomyces cerevisia . See yeast and fermentation . barley2 (bär'li), n. [A corruption of parley , q. v.] A cry used by children in certain games Barmacide, n. and a. when a truce or temporary stop is desired. [Scotch.] barley-bigg (bär'li-big), n. Same as bigg . barley-bird (bär'li-berd), n . [ barley1 + bird ; applied to various birds which appear about the time of sowing barley.] 1. A name of the European wryneck, Yunx torquilla .-2. A name of some small bird: said to be either the siskin ( Chrysomitris spin us ) or the night in- gale ( Daulias philomela ). [Eng.] See Barmecide . bar-magnet (bär'magnet), n. An artificial steel magnet made in the form of a straight and rather slender bar. barmaid (bär'mād), n. A maid or woman who attends the bar of an inn or other place of re- fresh ment. barman (bär'man), n.; pl. barmen (-men). 11. A barrister.-2. A barkeeper or bartender. bar master (bär måster), n. [Reduced from earlier barghmaster , barge master , prob. berg meister , a surveyor of mines, berg , a hill, a mine (= E. barrow : see barrow1 and bargh ), + meister = E. master . A number of E. min- ing terms are of G. origin. Cf. barmote .] In mining , the title of an officer who acts as man- ager, agent, and surveyor, representing the in- terests of the proprietor or 'lord,' and at the same time looking after those of the miner. Also called bailiff , berg master , and burghmas- ter . [Derby shire, Eng.] A you sand agues Ir. bairigen breac , speckled cake: bairigen , Play at barley - break in my bones. bairghean, bairin , a cake; breac , speckled, Mas singer, Parliament of Love, iv. 5. spotted.] A currant-bun. [Anglo-Irish.] headed; giddy. barn1 (bärn), n. Marston, Scourge of Villanie, vi. (bär'mi-brand), a. Light [ barn , bern , bern , a contr. of berern, bere-ern, as in ONorth., barnı (bärn), v. t. [ Men often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller, Good Thoughts, p. 110.