"barley-bree" meaning in English

See barley-bree in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Literally "barley broth". See brew. Etymology templates: {{m|en|brew}} brew Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} barley-bree (uncountable)
  1. (humorous, obsolete, Scotland) liquor made from barley; strong ale Tags: Scotland, humorous, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages

Download JSON data for barley-bree meaning in English (2.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "brew"
      },
      "expansion": "brew",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"barley broth\". See brew.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "barley-bree (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Alcoholic beverages",
          "orig": "en:Alcoholic beverages",
          "parents": [
            "Beverages",
            "Recreational drugs",
            "Drinking",
            "Food and drink",
            "Liquids",
            "Drugs",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Matter",
            "Pharmacology",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Biology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1785, Robert Burns, Scotch Drink",
          "text": "When neibors anger at a plea, / An' just as wud as wud can be, / How easy can the barley-bree / Cement the quarrel! / It's aye the cheapest lawyer's fee, / To taste the barrel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "liquor made from barley; strong ale"
      ],
      "id": "en-barley-bree-en-noun-1wxB9c1M",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "barley",
          "barley"
        ],
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "ale",
          "ale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous, obsolete, Scotland) liquor made from barley; strong ale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "humorous",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "barley-bree"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "brew"
      },
      "expansion": "brew",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"barley broth\". See brew.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "barley-bree (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Scottish English",
        "en:Alcoholic beverages"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1785, Robert Burns, Scotch Drink",
          "text": "When neibors anger at a plea, / An' just as wud as wud can be, / How easy can the barley-bree / Cement the quarrel! / It's aye the cheapest lawyer's fee, / To taste the barrel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "liquor made from barley; strong ale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "barley",
          "barley"
        ],
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "ale",
          "ale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous, obsolete, Scotland) liquor made from barley; strong ale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "humorous",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "barley-bree"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.