barm

  • 1Barm — is the foam, or scum, formed on the top of liquor (i.e. fermented alcoholic beverages such as beer or wine, or feedstock for hard liquor or industrial ethanol distillation) when fermenting. It was used to leaven bread, or set up fermentation in a …

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  • 2barm|y — «BAHR mee», adjective, barm|i|er, barm|i|est. 1. full of barm; fermenting; frothing. 2. British Slang, Figurative …

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  • 3Barm — Barm, n. [OE. bearm, berm, barm, AS. bearm; akin to E. bear to support.] The lap or bosom. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4barm — barm; barm·brack; barm·skin; …

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  • 5Barm — (b[aum]rm), n. [OE. berme, AS. beorma; akin to Sw. b[ a]rma, G. b[ a]rme, and prob. L. fermentum. [root]93.] Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 6barm — O.E. beorma yeast, leaven, also head of a beer, from P.Gmc. *bermon (Cf. Du. berm, M.L.G. barm), from PIE root *bher (4) to cook, bake (Cf. L. fermentum substance causing fermentation, Skt. bhurati moves convulsively, quivers, M.Ir. berbaim …

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  • 7barm — [bärm] n. [ME berme < OE beorma, yeast < IE base * bher , to boil up > FERMENT, BREATH] the yeast foam that appears on the surface of malt liquors as they ferment …

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  • 8barm — sb., en, e, ene …

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  • 9Barm — *1. Dat geit wedder na m olen Barm to. – Schütze. Es geht wieder auf die alte Weise, den alten Krebsgang. – Barm = Bärme, Hefe, Gescht. *2. De Barm leep em öwert Harte. – Eichwald, 92. *3. Er hat in den Barm schütten. – Richey, 10. Eine Sache… …

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  • 10barm — закваска Parisian barm закваска на солоде с добавлением муки malt extract barm закваска с солодовым экстрактом flour barm закваска на солоде с добавлением муки matured barm хорошо выброженная закваска barm stage стадия приготовления закваски …

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