Strong beer.
·noun A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in Palestine (Lev. 27:16; Deut. 8:8). It was usually...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
is one of the most important of the cereal grains, and the most hardy of them all. It was grown by t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thi...
·noun Liquor made from barley; strong ale. ...
such barley as is sown the second crop, after the ground is fallowed. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·noun Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. ...
Tea. See cat lap and scandal broth. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Scolding. ...
Tea. See chatter broth, scandal broth, &c. ...
Tea. ...
Strong beer. ...
An excellent, though roystering fellow. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book