An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Fr. parlez, E. parley.

BARLEY-MEN.
V. [Burlaw].

BARLEY-BOX, s. A small box of a cylindrical form, now made as a toy for children, but formerly used by farmers for carrying samples of barley, or other grain to market, S.

BARLICHOOD, s. A fit of ill-humour, especially as the result of intemperance, S.
Ramsay.

From barley; as expressing the effect of any intoxicating beverage.

BARME HORS, A horse without a saddle, Ang.
Wyntown.

BARMY, adj.
1. Volatile, giddy.
Montgomery.
2. Passionate, choleric. "A barmy quean," a passionate woman, S.

From E. barm, yeast.

BARMKYN, BERMKYN, s. The rampart or outermost fortification of a castle.
Wallace.

Fr. barbacane; or Teut. barm, a mound, with the termination kin.