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



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THOUGHTLESS

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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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