barm

[bahrm] /bɑrm/
noun
1.
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
Origin
before 1000; Middle English berme, Old English beorma; cognate with Frisian berme, German Bärme, Swedish bärme; akin to ferment
British Dictionary definitions for barm

barm

/bɑːm/
noun
1.
the yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors
2.
an archaic or dialect word for yeast
Word Origin
Old English bearm; related to beran to bear, Old Norse barmr barm, Gothic barms, Old High German barm see ferment
Word Origin and History for barm
n.

Old English beorma "yeast, leaven," also "head of a beer," from Proto-Germanic *bermon- (cf. Dutch berm, Middle Low German barm), from PIE root *bher- (4) "to cook, bake" (cf. Latin fermentum "substance causing fermentation," Sanskrit bhurati "moves convulsively, quivers," Middle Irish berbaim "I boil, seethe;" see brew (v.)).

Related Abbreviations for barm

BARM

block acceptance reporting mechanism