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barleycorn
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun barleycorn has 2 senses
- barleycorn(n = noun.plant) Array - a grain of barley; Array is a part of common barley, hordeum vulgare
- barleycorn(n = noun.food) barley - a grain of barley; Array is a kind of cereal, food grain, grain
is a kind of caryopsis, grain
has particulars: pearl barley
is a part of common barley, hordeum vulgare
CIDE DICTIONARY
barleycorn, n. [See Corn.].
- A grain or “corn” of barley. [1913 Webster]
- Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
barleycorn, n.
1 the grain of barley.
2 a former unit of measure (about a third of an inch) based on the length of a grain of barley.
1 the grain of barley.
2 a former unit of measure (about a third of an inch) based on the length of a grain of barley.
ROGET THESAURUS
barleycorn
Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.
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