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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A decoction of barley used as a demulcent nutritious drink in fevers, and in inflammations of the air-passages and of the alimentary canal.
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- noun UK A
soft drink made by boilingpearl barley with water, and addingflavouring andsugar
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- noun used to feed infants
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