Obs. or arch. [f. prec. sb.]
1. To mix with yeast; to leaven, ferment.
[c. 975. Rushw. Gosp., Matt. xiii. 33. Oþþæt ʓebeormad wæs all.]
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 245. The seed it selfe … is so houen and barmed as it were with spirits.
1616. Surfl. & Markh., Countr. Farm, 589. Your best ale must be barmed as soone as it is coold.
2. To rise in froth or fermentation.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 32/2. Bermyn, or spurgyn as ale, spumo.
1822. Provost, ii. 16. It set men’s minds a barming and working.
