Malt

mawlt, n. barley or other gram steeped in water, allowed to sprout, and dried in a kiln.— v t to make into malt v.i. to become malt. adj. containing or made with malt [A.S mealt pa.t. of melt an (see Melt' cog. with Ice malt Ger. malz. See also Mild Maltreat, mal-trel', v to abuse to use roughly or unkindly. v. Maltreat'ment. [Fr. maltraitcr—L male, and true tare. Sec Treat. Maltster, mawlt ster, n one whose trade or occupation is to make malt, -ster was up to the end of the i3thcenturya fern, affix. Cf. Spmster.J