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Rye - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Rye : (noun)
1: the seed of the cereal grass
2: hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern
Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black
bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
[syn: Secale cereale]
3: whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: rye
whiskey, rye whisky]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rye : \Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw.
r[*a]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken,
roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza
rice. Cf. Rice.]
1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ({Secale
cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant
itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff
used by man.
2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth.
Rye grass, Italian rye grass, (Bot.) See under Grass.
See also Ray grass, and Darnel.
Wild rye (Bot.), any plant of the genus Elymus, tall
grasses with much the appearance of rye.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Rye, CO (town, FIPS 66895)
Location: 37.92175 N, 104.93099 W
Population (1990): 168 (110 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81069
Rye, NH
Zip code(s): 03870
Rye, NY (city, FIPS 64309)
Location: 40.95287 N, 73.68370 W
Population (1990): 14936 (5616 housing units)
Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 36.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 10580
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Rye : =Rie, (Heb. kussemeth), found in Ex. 9:32; Isa. 28:25, in all of
which the margins of the Authorized and of the Revised Versions
have "spelt." This Hebrew word also occurs in Ezek. 4:9, where
the Authorized Version has "fitches' (q.v.) and the Revised
Version "spelt." This, there can be no doubt, was the Triticum
spelta, a species of hard, rough-grained wheat.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Example Usage of Rye |
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SusanSquibb: Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of Rye, 4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie. |
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jennsanderson: @mohleji it might be Rye! I honestly don't think I can tell. |
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rowijo: I want to read: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - http://bit.ly/70D0Qo |
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