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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1446-1488, 1583
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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 Exchequer Rolls V. 225.
De custuma cujusdam batelle de Anglia carcate cum brasio de barleke 1488 Acts Lords Auditors 117/1.
The wrangwis detentioun … of fifty quarteris of berlik malt of Inglis met 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII. 105 b.
xvj bollis of barlik malt
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