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Webster 1913 Edition

Barleycorn

Bar′ley-cornˊ

,
Noun.
[See
Corn
.]
1.
A grain or “corn” of barley.
2.
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
John Barleycorn
,
a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.

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