Malt

malt
    n 1: a milkshake made with malt powder [syn: {malted}, {malt},
         {malted milk}]
    2: a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too
       alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer [syn: {malt}, {malt
       liquor}]
    3: a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after
       having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially
       in brewing and distilling
    v 1: treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer"
    2: turn into malt, become malt
    3: convert grain into malt
    4: convert into malt
    

Malt \Malt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malted}: p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Malting}.]
   To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
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Malt \Malt\, v. i.
   To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. --Mortimer.
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Malt \Malt\ (m[add]lt), n. [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz,
   Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. [root]108. See {Melt}.]
   Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln,
   thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has
   been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation
   of whisky.
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Malt \Malt\, a.
   Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
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   {Malt liquor}, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter,
      etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt.

   {Malt dust}, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in
      making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists
      chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain."
      --Sir H. Davy.

   {Malt floor}, a floor for drying malt.

   {Malt house}, or {Malthouse}, a house in which malt is made.
      

   {Malt kiln}, a heated chamber for drying malt.
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