John Barleycorn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: John Barleycorn	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for John Barleycorn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
John Barleycorn n an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented Synonym(s): liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See {Corn}.] 1. A grain or [bd]corn[b8] of barley. 2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. {John Barleycorn}, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.