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Definition barm

Etymology 1

From Middle English barm, barme, berm, bearm, from Old English bearm (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear”). Cognate with German Barm (“lap; bosom”).

Noun

barm (plural barms)

1. (obsolete outside dialectal) Bosom, lap.

Etymology 2

From Middle English berme, berm, from Old English beorma, from Proto-Germanic *bermô (“yeast; barm”); related to the dialectal Low German Bärm (“yeast”), from Middle Low German barm, berm. The cake sense is possibly a shortened form of barmcake, which would be made with yeast as described in that sense, or possibly it is from the Irish báirín breac, a type of bread.

Noun

barm (countable and uncountable, plural barms)

1. Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
2. A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.

Etymology 3

From Middle English bermen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

barm (third-person singular simple present barms, present participle barming, simple past and past participle barmed)

1. To spurge; foam

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