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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) barm
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME berme, OE beorma, c. Fris berme, LG barm(e))

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) yeast, barm
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) barm
foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast

2. (noun) barm
the lap or bosom

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