barley water

See also: barley-water

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barley water (countable and uncountable, plural barley waters)

  1. (British) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar.
    • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
      Large quantities of barley water were consumed constantly, but in the old days, a special boy was kept to run out for beer.
  2. (medicine, archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.

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