RICING

Verb

ricing

present participle of rice

Noun

ricing (uncountable)

(soap-making) (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.

Anagrams

• IRCing

Source: Wiktionary

RICE

Rice, n. Etym: [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. brizi, akin to Skr. vrihi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.] (Bot.)

Definition: A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.

– French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.

– Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.

– Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.

– Rice bunting. (Zoöl.) Same as Ricebird.

– Rice hen (Zoöl.), the Florida gallinule.

– Rice mouse (Zoöl.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.

– Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, - - used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper.

– Rice troupial (Zoöl.), the bobolink.

– Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.

– Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.

– Rice weevil (Zoöl.), a small beetle (Calandra, or Sitophilus, oryzæ) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition