Barley
To cry barley. To ask for truce (in children's games). Query, a
corruption of parley.
“A proper lad o' his quarters, that will not cry barley in a
brulzïe.” —Sir W. Scott: Waverley ,
xiii.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Barley from Fact Monster:
- barley - barley barley, annual cereal plant (Hordeum vulgare and sometimes other species) of the family ...
- Barley - Barley To cry barley. To ask for truce (in children's games). Query, a corruption of parley. ...
- Cotswold Barley - Cotswold Barley You are as long a-coming as Cotswold barley. Cotswold, in Gloucestershire, is a ...
- Barley-bree - Barley-bree Barley-broth; that is, malt liquor brewed from barley ( Scotch). The cock may craw, the ...
- Barley-mow - Barley-mow A heap of barley housed, or where it is housed. (Anglo-Saxon, mowe, a heap; Italian, ...
|
