Definition of Barley-sugar

1. Noun. A brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar.

Exact synonyms: Barley Candy
Generic synonyms: Hard Candy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barley-sugar

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barking up the wrong tree
barkingly
barkitecture
barkled
barkless
barklike
barkometer
barkometers
barks
barky
barleduc
barleducs
barless
barley
barley-sugar (current term)
barley-water
barley candy
barley sugar
barley water
barleycorn
barleycorns
barleylike
barleymeal
barleys
barlike
barlow
barlows

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. ..."

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