RYE

rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky

(noun) whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

rye, Secale cereale

(noun) 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

rye

(noun) the seed of the cereal grass

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.]

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.

Anagrams

• -ery, -yer, Rey, Yer, e'ry, eyr, yer, yre

Proper noun

Rye

A nickname of the given name Ryan.

A small town and civil parish in East Sussex, England.

A hamlet and civil parish in Hampshire, England.

A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.

A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas.

A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.

An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida.

A ghost town in Adair County, Missouri.

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

A large town in Westchester County, New York, United States.

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rye is the 8,128^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,079 individuals. Rye is most common among White (90.39%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -ery, -yer, Rey, Yer, e'ry, eyr, yer, yre

Source: Wiktionary

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Rye, n. Etym: [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. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. Rice.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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