malt1 (malt)

and a. [Formerly also mault, Sc. maut; fermented solution of the latter being the sweet wort of the brewer. By the addition of hops, and the subsequent proce es of cooling, fermentation, and clari fication, the wort is converted into porter, ale, or beer. The alcoholic fermentation of the wort, without the addition of hops, and distillation yield crude whisky. Barley is the grain most used for malting in the manufacture of beer; but wheat, rye, and other grains are largely malted for whisky. Barley yields about 92 per cent. of its weight of dried malt. IMG:content-0146.png:[blocks in formation] She drank nothing lower than Curaçoa, Maraschino, or pink Noyau, And on principle never malted . Wax he rody for shame, and loked on hym with mal . talent , and yef the i hadde be a-lone he wolde with hym haue foughten. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 536. As she that hadde it al to-rent, For angre and for maltalent . Rom , of the Rose , 1. 330. So forth he went With heavy look and lumpish pace, that plaine In him bewraid great grudge and maltalent . malt-floor (malt'flor), n . 1. A perforated iron tile floor in the chamber of a malt-kiln, through which the heat ascends from the furnace below, and dries the grain laid upon it.-2. A floor on which grain is spread to undergo partial germination in the proce of malting.-3. A charge of grain spread on a floor of a malt-house to undergo partial germination. See malt and malting . maltha (mal'tha), n. [L. maltha (see def.), mineral tar ; it is the brea of the Mex- ican Spanish. By the Romans the word maltha was used as the name of various cements, stuccos, and other prep a- rations of a similar kind employed for repairing cisterns, roofs, etc., and of some of these what is now known as maltha , or some other form of bitumen, in all probability constituted a part. Asphaltum and maltha were also used from the earliest times (as stated in Genesis with regard to the building of the Tower of Babel) for the same pur- pose for which our common mortar is employed, namely to bind together stones and bricks. malthelt, n. [ML., maltha : see maltha .] Mortar; cement. Convenient it is to knowe, of bathes . what malthes hoote and colde Are able, ther as chynyng clifte or scathe is To make it hoole. II. n. A follower of Malthus; a believer in Mal thus i an ism. Mal thus i an ism (mal-thu'si-an-izm), n. [ Mal- thusian + -ism .] The theory of the relation of population to means of subsistence taught by Malthus. See Mal thus i an , a . maltine (mâl'tin), n. [ malt1 +-ine2.] A me- dicinal preparation made by digesting sprout- ing malt in water, expre ing the solution, precipitating with alcohol, and drying the precipitate, which is impure diastase. malting (mal'ting), n. [Verbal n. of malt1 , v .] 1. The artificial production of germination in grain for the purpose of converting its starch into the greatest po ible amount of sugar, as a preparation for brewing, or the conversion by fermentation of this sugar into alcohol. Malting consists of four proce es, steeping, couching, flooring, and kiln-drying. Encyc . Brit ., IV. 267. 2. A place where malting is carried on. [Rare and inaccurate.] If the poor cannot reach the price, the malt master will. Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 246. ( Davies .) Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 41. Malthe2 (mal'the), n. [NL., μάλθη οι μάλ- θα , a fish so named, supposed by some to have been the angler, Lophius .] A genus of pedicumalt-mill (malt'mil), n . A mill for grinding late fishes, typical of the family Maltheida ; the bat-fishes. M. vespertilio inhabits tropical seas. See cuts under bat - fish . maltheid (mal'the-id), a. and n. I. a. Pertain- ing to or having the characters of the Maltheida . II. n. A fish of the family Maltheida . Maltheidæ (mal-the'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Malthe2 + -ida .] A family of pediculate fishes with bran- chial apertures in the superior axilla of the pec- toral fins, the anterior dorsal ray in a cavity overhung by the anterior margin of the fore- head, the mouth subterminal or inferior, and the lower jaw generally received within the up- per; the bat-fishes. It includes marine fishes of remarkable aspect, representing two sub- families, Mal the inæ and Halieutaina . mal the i form (mal'the-i-fôrm), a . Resembling in form a fish of the genus Malthe . Mal the inæ (mal-the-īnē), n . pl. [NL., Mal- the2 +-inæ.] A subfamily of Maltheida , having the body divided into a cordiform disk and a stout caudal portion, the frontal region ele- vated, and the snout more or le attenuated. It includes a few American marine forms in- habiting shallow water. maltheine (mal'the-in), a . and n . [ Malthe2 +-ine1.] I. a . Pertaining to the Mal the in a , or having their characters. II. n. A bat-fish of the subfamily Mal the in a . maltheoid (mal'the-oid), a . and n. I. a. Hav- ing the form or characters of the Maltheida . II. n. A fish of the family Maltheida ; a mal- malt-horse (målt'hôrs), n. A horse employed in grinding malt by working a treadmill or winch; hence, a slow, heavy horse. Mome, malt - horse , capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! Shak., C. of E., iii. 1. 32. He! why, he has no more judgment than a malt -horse. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, i. 4. malt-house (mâlt'hous), n. [ mealthūs , mealt , malt, + hūs , house.] A house in which malt is made. Mal thus i an (mal-thu'si-an), a . and n. [ Mal- thus (see def.) + -ian .] I. a . Of or pertaining to the Rev. T. R. Malthus (1766-1834), an Eng. lish economist, or to the doctrines set forth in his "E ay on the Principle of Population." In this work he first made prominent the fact that popu- lati on, unle hindered by positive checks, as wars, famt etc., or by preventive as social customs that prevent early marriage, tends to increase at a higher cro 1 rate than the means of subsistence can, under the most favorable circumstances, be made to increase. As a remedy he advocated the principle that society should aim to diminish the sum of vice and misery, and check the growth of population, by the discouragement of early and improvident marriages, and by the practice of moral self. restraint. malt-turner (mâlt'ter"ner), n. A mechanical device for turning malt as it is heated in the kiln. See malt - kiln , and compare malt - rake . maltwormt (mâlt'werm), n. A person addicted to the use of malt liquor. Then doth she trowle to me the bowle, E'en as a mault - worme sholde. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary malulella Differentiated from the front edge of the inner stipes [of the deutomala of a myriapod) is a piece usually separated by suture, which, as we understand it, is the stilus lingual is of Meinert; it is our malulella. A. S. Packard, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., June, 1883, p. 200. malum (ma'lum), n.; pl. mala (-lä). [L., an evil, neut. of mal us, evil, mal us, evil, bad: see mal, male3, malice, etc.] In law, an evil. - Malum in se, a thing unlawful because an evil in itself. - Malum prohibitum, a prohibited wrong; an act wrong because for bidden by law.