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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†BARLIC, adj. Angry, drunken.Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 151:
When hame the husband comes just roarin' fu'; Nor can she please him in his barlic mood, He cocks his hand and gi's his wife a thud.

[O.Sc. barleke, barlik, berlik, 15th and 16th cents.; barlik malt, malt made from barley; O.E. bærlīc, also Mid.Eng. barlykke (1303), barlic, barlich (D.O.S.T.). Gmc. *baroz, *bariz, barley; Lat. far.]

1887

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