Bigg

Bigg

(Science: botany) barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. 'Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg.' (new english Dict)

Origin: oe. Bif, bigge; akin to Icel. Bygg, dan. Byg, Sw. Bjugg.

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