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Webster 1913 Edition


Rye

Rye

(rī)
,
Noun.
[OE.
rie
,
reie
, AS.
ryge
; akin to Icel.
rugr
, Sw.
råg
, Dan.
rug
, D.
rogge
, OHG.
rocco
,
roggo
, G.
rocken
,
roggen
, Lith.
rugei
, Russ.
roje
, and perh. to Gr.
ὄρυζα
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rye

RYE

,
Noun.
[This word is the English rough.]
1.
An esculent grain of the genus Secale, of a quality inferior to wheat, but a species of grain easily cultivated, and constituting a large portion of bread stuff.
2.
A disease in a hawk.

Definition 2024


Rye

Rye

See also: rye

English

Proper noun

Rye

  1. A nickname of the given name Ryan.
  2. A town in Sussex, England.

rye

rye

See also: Rye

English

Noun

rye (countable and uncountable, plural ryes)

  1. A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. [from 8th c.]
  2. The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]
  3. Rye bread. [from 19th c.]
  4. (US, Canada) Rye whiskey. [from 19th c.]
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 159:
      I bought a pint of rye at the liquor counter and carried it over to the stools and set it down on the cracked marble counter.
  5. Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
  6. Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
  7. A disease of hawks.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)

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