barley

The genus Hordeum; also the grain derived from plants of that genus. b. water, decoction of b. See decoction horde i, under hordeum. patent b. B. meal made from pearl b. pearl b., pearled b. [U. S. Phv 1870; Br. Ph., 1885.] B. deprived of its coverings and made round and smooth by grinding. [Ang.-Sax., baerlic, from bere.~\