We dropped down the river, and soon left the light-house and its long pier behind us, the mast bending like a whip, and the sea boiling like barm over the lee gunwale.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Then put into it a hot tost of White-bread, spread over on both sides, pretty thick with fresh barm; that will make it presently work.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
When your Meath is boiled enough take it off the fire, and put it into a Kiver; when it is blood-warm, put in some Ale-barm, to make it work, and cover it close with a blancket in the working.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby