A large apron -- which Clarice called a barm-cloth -- protected the dress from stain. From Wordnik.com. [A Forgotten Hero Not for Him] Reference
AlcoholAfter the liquid cools, yeast is added to form barm, which is put into fermentation tanks to convert the sugars into alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [ Star] Reference
By the way, another word for beer froth was "barm," which gave us the term "barmy" (in America, "balmy") for tipsy or feeble-minded. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Up into the bark's barm the bright-fretted weapons. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
The bale-hate against men-folk: to his barm then had come. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
April 24, 2008 at 7:03 am oooh leeza-b, ai joining u in nawty barm!. From Wordnik.com. [last picture - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Odd; weve been scratched often enough by them without any apparent barm. From Wordnik.com. [And all the Stars a Stage]
Balm is not yeast, but a misspelling of barm, which does indeed mean yeast. From Wordnik.com. [Revisiting Orwell's Wigan Pier] Reference
Do you call a 'bread roll' a cob, batch, bread cake, barm cake or scuffler?. From Wordnik.com. [March 2007] Reference
The versatile hop was also mixed with potato and molasses to make barm for raising bread. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
A feminine strand - Earl Grey and barm-brack by the open fire, Joni Mitchell on the stereo. From Wordnik.com. [July 10, 2005] Reference
Iz okay if hims did, cuz teh fyre laydees wer in teh nawty barm wif him adn Maus furr a LONG tyme yesturdai…. From Wordnik.com. [Cuzn cat visits for wknd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Many other ships have been through that region without coming to barm, and they report that it's completely uncivilized. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Take a gallon of very fine flour and lay it on the pastry board, then strain three or four eggs with a pint of barm, and put it into. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Here is a morsel of barm in the middle of a lump of dough. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII] Reference
Ye'll no put barm into a batch o 'flour, and ha'e it lying idle. From Wordnik.com. [Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow] Reference
When it is cold, set it together with some barm, as you do Beer. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
When it is cold, put a little barm to it, and let it work like Beer. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
Apply to his throat every four hours a warm barm and oatmeal poultice. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children] Reference
Four spoonfuls of good new Ale-barm will serve for five quarts of honey. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
A typical Wigan treat is the "Wigan Kebab" which is a pie on a barm cake. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Lyste så härligt droppande bloden fram mellan silvret på hårvuxen barm. From Wordnik.com. [Fritiofs Saga] Reference
Fort eller sent hennes slumrande gnista vaknar i gudars och människors barm!. From Wordnik.com. [Fritiofs Saga] Reference
Seek your sa 'where you got your ail, and beg your barm where you buy your ale. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
Which by this time and this course will be uniformly mixed with the barm, and begin to work. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
Som vågor välte än sorg, än harm 5 uti hans barm; och tempelbranden rök än från stranden. From Wordnik.com. [Fritiofs Saga] Reference
When it is cold, put in it six spoonfuls of barm, and when it is ripe, it will hiss in the pail. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
Cicely superintended the baking, passing the barm through a sieve with a wisp of clean hay in it. From Wordnik.com. [Round About a Great Estate] Reference
The measure of that is, till the barm (which is raised to a great head) beginneth a little to fall. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
For my version, I simply used the barm starter I created last time with Dan Lepard's method (see details here). From Wordnik.com. [The Fresh Loaf] Reference
Some linen dresses were also purchased for the young wards of the Earl, -- a blue fillet for Eva, and a new barm-cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century] Reference
Suddenly one morning as she was looking down the alley of the Bottoms for the barm-man, she heard a voice calling her. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
I was afraid I had over-proofed the dough, but it kept rising in the oven, crazy oven sping, that barm starter is STRONG!. From Wordnik.com. [The Fresh Loaf] Reference
Having read closer, I realized that to follow PR's recipe I'd have to embark on a whole new adventure of getting involved with barm. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
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