BARLEY-WATER, is a decoction of either of these, reputed soft and lubricating, of frequent use in physic. This well-known decoction is a very useful drink in many disorders; and is recommended, with nitre, by some authors of reputation, in slow fevers.
BARLEY-CORN is used to denote a long measure, containing in length the third part of an inch, and in breadth the eighth. The French carpenters also use barley-corn, grain d'orge, as equivalent to a line, or the twelfth part of an inch.