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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn'\, noun [See {Corn}.]
1. A grain or ''corn'' 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
barleycorn
noun
1: a grain of barley
2: a grain of barley [syn: {barley}]
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