barm
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Definition of barm
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (dialectal, obsolete)bosom
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noun
- (dialectal, obsolete)bosom
- (dialectal, obsolete)lap
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(countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.
“[A]nd sometimes make the drink to bear no barm.”
“In 1577 yeast, called barm, is bought at 9d. the pail.”
“And he chaffed the women as he served them their ha'porths of barm.”
- (countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)A small, round, flat individual loaf or roll of bread.
verb
- (dialectal, obsolete)To spurge; foam
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Etymology
From Middle English barm, barme, berm, bearm, from Old English bearm (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with German Barm (“lap; bosom”).
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