/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Barley-mow
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A heap of barley housed, or where it is housed. (Anglo-Saxon, mowe, a heap; Italian, mucchio; Spanish, mucho.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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