barley water

See also: barley-water

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Noun

barley water (countable and uncountable, plural barley waters)

  1. (Britain) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar
  2. (medicine, archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.
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