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Definition of Barley-sugar
1. Noun. A brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barley-sugar
Literary usage of Barley-sugar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1858)
"... or on osier-twigs, dip them into liquid barley- sugar, and place them on a
dish rubbed with the smallest possible quantity of very pure salad oil. ..."