Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Liquor made from malt, whether by brewing or distillation; ale or whisky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Humorous, Scot. Liquor made from barley; strong ale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun humorous, obsolete, Scotland
liquor made frombarley ;strong ale
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word barley-bree.
Examples
-
By eight o'clock, however, he was merry with the barley-bree, and making
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
-
Willie who gave the entertainment was Mr William Nicol, a master in the High School of Edinburgh -- Rab, the poet himself -- and Allan, a certain Mr Masterton, likewise of the Edinburgh High School: three merry-hearted men, of remarkable talents and many other good properties, but who, unfortunately, were all of them too liable to the seductions of the 'barley-bree.'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 Various 1841
-
"In a snug shelter maybe at our hostelrie below, with a mug of the right barley-bree buzzing at our elbow -- oat-cake and cheese conformable thereto."
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.