Barm

A large apron -- which Clarice called a barm-cloth -- protected the dress from stain. ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)

AlcoholAfter the liquid cools, yeast is added to form barm, which is put into fermentation tanks to convert the sugars into alcohol. ❋ Tim Walters (2010)

I am assuming the "hops liquid natural starter" is a "barm", either traditional ale beer barm or simply liquid natural starter with hops added in. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By the way, another word for beer froth was "barm," which gave us the term "barmy" (in America, "balmy") for tipsy or feeble-minded.

For those of us too brainy to watch soaps (except for Corrie and Katherine Kelly's wonderful portrayal of barm pot Becky) at new panel game for the recession, QE the Quantitave Easing game with Stephen Fry pilots at Boggart. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Do you call a 'bread roll' a cob, batch, bread cake, barm cake or scuffler? ❋ Unknown (2007)

The young man has erotic trmptations with all the wives in this small community, including a much older woman who seduces him in the top hallow of a barm, and she says “Touche le” exposing her breasts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After making all the petty stuff and substituting baking in place of frying to save those innumerable calories (posts to come), I finally thought it was time to gather all my courage and muster my confidence and try to work in equanimity with the barm(yeast), which has failed me more than often. ❋ Bhags (2008)

April 24, 2008 at 7:03 am oooh leeza-b, ai joining u in nawty barm! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Iz okay if hims did, cuz teh fyre laydees wer in teh nawty barm wif him adn Maus furr a LONG tyme yesturdai… ❋ Unknown (2008)

The versatile hop was also mixed with potato and molasses to make barm for raising bread. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A feminine strand - Earl Grey and barm-brack by the open fire, Joni Mitchell on the stereo. ❋ Laban (2005)

Or perhaps people care enough about hygiene now that we'd have to have separate bowls for each family, or even each child... well, at least I can make a barm brack and put a ring in it. ❋ Ailbhe (2007)

It was nothing like the heady pungency of the barm mash, the faintly coffeelike toasted smell of malting, nor yet the reek of distilling-but still spoke as strongly of whisky. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

If you see this in the map of my microcosm, follows it that I am known well enough too? what barm can your bisson conspectuities glean out of this character, if I be known well enough too? ❋ Unknown (2004)

Balm is not yeast, but a misspelling of barm, which does indeed mean yeast. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Odd; weve been scratched often enough by them without any apparent barm. ❋ Blish, James (1960)