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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Barleke, -lik, n. Also: berlik. [ME. barlykke (1303), barlic (also barlich), OE. bærlic; cf.  Barlie,n. Barlik malt. malt made from barley.1446 Exch. R. V. 225.
De custuma cujusdam batelle de Anglia carcate cum brasio de barleke 1488 Acta Aud. 117/1.
The wrangwis detentioun … of fifty quarteris of berlik malt of Inglis met 1583 Edinb. Test. XII. 105 b.
xvj bollis of barlik malt

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