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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See {Corn}.]
     1. A grain or "corn" of barley.
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     2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length
        of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.


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     {John Barleycorn}, a humorous personification of barley as
        the source of malt liquor or whisky.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barleycorn
       n 1: a grain of barley
       2: a grain of barley [syn: {barley}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BARLEYCORN. A lineal measure, containing one-third of an inch. Dane's Ab. c. 
  211, a. 13, s. 9. The barleycorn was the first measure, with its division 
  and multiples, of all our measures of length, superfices, and capacity. Id. 
  c. 211, a. 1 2, s. 2. 
  
  

















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