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Word: barleycorn (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A grain of barley.
  • woodworking A small groove between two mouldings.
  • obsolete The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes

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