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Barm
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(a word common to Teutonic languages), the scum formed on the top of malt liquor when fermenting; yeast used to leaven bread, or to set up fermentation in liquor.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barm'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barm.html. 1910.