Malt

Malt - Other Definitions

• (n.) 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.
  
  
• (a.) Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
  
  
• (v. t.) To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
  
  
• (v. i.) To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.
  
  
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malt
  
  
• (n.) The process of making, or of becoming malt.