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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. Webster 1828 Edition
Rye
RYE
,Noun.
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
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See also: Rye
English
Noun
rye (countable and uncountable, plural ryes)
- A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. [from 8th c.]
- The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]
- Rye bread. [from 19th c.]
- (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.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 159:
- Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
- Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
- A disease of hawks.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)
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Translations
the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
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rye whisky — see rye whisky
rye bread — see rye bread
carraway — see carraway
ryegrass — see ryegrass