barm (1), bar me

[A.S. bearm = the womb, the lap, the bosom; from beran = to bear, to produce, to bring forth; Sw. & Goth. barm.] The lap, the bosom. [BARM (2).] "Till in his fadres barm adoun he lay." Chaucer: C. Т. , 15,926. "And in hire bar me this litel child she leid." Chaucer: C. T., 8,428 * bar me-cloth, s. [A.S. bearm; clath.] A bosom-cloth; an apron. "A seint she wered, barred all of silk, A bar me - cloth eke as white as morowe milk." Chaucer: C. T. , 3,257. * barm-hatre, s. [O. Eng. barm ; and hatre a garment.) A garment for the breast. "Fair beth yur barm -hatres, yolowe beth yur fax." M.S. Harl. 918, 1. 7. (S. in Boucher.) * barm-skin, * bar me-skyn, s. leather apron. A "Barme-skyn: Melotes vel melota, "-Prompt. Pare. barm (2), s. [A.S. beorma = barm, yeast; Sw. berm a; Dan. berme .] [Compare BARM (1).] The frothy scum which rises to the surface of beer when it is undergoing the proce of fermentation, and is used in making bread. The same as YEAST (q. V.). IMG:content-1073.png:[blocks in formation] "He rode between the barley-sheaves." Tennyson: Lady of Shalott. barley-sugar, s. A well-known sweet substance sold by confectioners and others. It consists of a syrup from the refuse of sugar candy, hardened in cylindrical moulds and usually twisted spirally. barley-water, s. A decoction of pearl barley used in medicine as a mucilaginous drink. (Crabb.)