malt vs poddy

malt

noun
  • A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. 

  • Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. 

  • Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. 

  • Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. 

verb
  • To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain. 

  • To become malt. 

poddy

noun
  • A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute). 

  • An unbranded calf. 

  • An immature mullet. 

verb
  • To hand-feed (a young animal). 

adj
  • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22poddy%22 %22poddies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 207, 

  • 1964, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 74, %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22poddy%22 %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y page 646, 

  • 2008, Barry Heard, The View from Connor′s Hill, %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22poddy%22 %22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y page 56, 

  • Fat, corpulent. 

  • Fed by hand. 

  • Of or pertaining to a pod or pods. 

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