Noah Webster
Malt
MALT, noun Barley steeped in water, fermented and dried in a kiln, and thus prepared for brewing into ale or beer.
MALT, verb transitive To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
MALT, verb intransitive To become malt
To house it green will make it malt worse.
MALT'-DRINK
MALT'-LIQUOR, noun A liquor prepared for drink by an infusion of malt; as beer, ale, porter, etc.