malt-comes, n. pl. (rarely sing.)
The dried radicles which are separated from the grain in the kiln-drying process of malting; = come n.2
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 324/1 Malte comys. 1770–4 A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1803) I. 427, I manured a piece of land with maltcombs. 1787 Marshall E. Norfolk (1795) I. 35 Rapecake is also in good esteem [as manure]..as are Malt⁓coombs. 1874 W. Williams Vet. Med. 555 Flatulent colic... Its causes are—food..such as..a mixture of maltcums and brewers grains. 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Malt-comb, the dried sprouts, refuse used by some people to pack bacon in to keep flies away. |
So malt-comings dial. (in the same sense).
| a 1728 Kennett Lansd. MS. 1033 (Promp. Parv. 324 note), Malt comes, or malt comings, the little beards or shoots, when malt begins to run, or come; Yorkshire. 1893 Northumberld. Gloss., Malt-cummins. |