Results for malt
Definitions of malt:
part of speech: verb transitive
part of speech: verb
part of speech: verb intransitive
To become malt.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: noun
Barley or other grain soaked in water, fermented, and dried for brewing.
part of speech: noun
Barley, or any other grain, rendered sweet by artificial germination, the sweetness being preserved by checking the germination and drying in a kiln.
part of speech: adjective
Maity.
part of speech: noun
Barley or other grain steeped in water, allowed to sprout, and dried in a kiln.
Usage examples for malt:
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This is the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
"Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1", Edward William Cole -
The brewers were forbidden to malt any more grain, that it all might be reserved for food.
"Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam", John S. C. Abbott -
This sum was soon collected, and quietly inserted in the waistcoat pocket of our chaperon, who then conducted us up the passage into a small back room, where were sitting about seven or eight men, enveloped in smoke, and moistening the fever of the Virginian plant with various preparations of malt
"Pelham, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009