BARLEY SUGAR Definition & Meaning

barley sugar

a brittle, amber-colored, transparent candy, formerly boiled in a decoction of barley, consisting of sugar, cream of tartar, and orange or lemon juice, usually twisted into strips or molded into a variety of shapes.

barley sugar

a brittle clear amber-coloured sweet made by boiling sugar, originally with a barley extract

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First recorded in 1705–15

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The decree lists four crops — barley, sugar beets, wheat and potatoes — as priorities.

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Minnesota’s oat, barley, sugar beet and sunflower crops all are expected to be smaller this year.

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It would look at home in any microbiology lab, were the bottles not filled with a strong broth of malted barley, sugar and hops.

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Mr. Dumas recalled Mr. Ive’s brightly-colored iMacs from the late 1990s, in the same shades as French barley sugar sweets.

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They include beef and pork, wheat and barley, sugar, rice and dairy products.

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