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Meanings of barm in English

Portuguese
levedura

A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.

levedura
Usage of barm in English
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But be sure, you scum off the barm before the bottling up.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
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Apply to his throat every four hours a warm barm and oatmeal poultice.
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
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A large apron-which Clarice called a barm-cloth-protectedthe dress from stain.
A Forgotten Hero / Not for Him
4
Not very much time passed before I stopped eating pies in barm cakes.
The Guardian
5
Here is a morsel of barm in the middle of a lump of dough.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
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When it is cold, set it together with some barm, as you do Beer.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
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I imagine the pie barm was invented to facilitate eating a pie on the hoof.
The Guardian
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When it is cold, put a little barm to it, and let it work like Beer.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
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The season of barm-brack, fruit and nuts is with us, and the emphasis is upon the nuts.
The Irish Times
10
To half a peck of flower, take three spoonfuls of barm, two ounces of seeds; Aniseeds or Fennel-seeds.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
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Then put a little barm into it, then take off the froath again, and stir it well together.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
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It was just a pie barm.
The Guardian
13
The same process of kneading, fermenting with barm, &c., is pursued with the dough, as with other bread.
The Backwoods of Canada / Being Letters from the Wife of an Emig...
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And it was a pie barm.
The Guardian
15
Now I must tell you the hop is cultivated for the purpose of making a barm for raising bread.
The Backwoods of Canada / Being Letters from the Wife of an Emig...
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Me and my pie barm.
The Guardian
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