Meaning of RYE
| Pronunciation: | | rI
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- [n] distilled from rye or rye and malt
- [n] 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
- [n] the seed of the cereal grass
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| | Synonyms: | | rye whiskey, rye whisky, Secale cereale |
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| | See Also: | | caryopsis, cereal, cereal grass, genus Secale, grain, rye, Secale, whiskey, whisky | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw.
r[*a]g, 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.) 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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing rye or fields of rye in your dream, symbolizes prosperity in your future.
Seeing or eating rye bread in your dream, foretells of a cheerful and tranquil home. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | =Rie, (Heb. kussemeth), found in Ex. 9:32; Isa. 28:25, in all of which the margins of the Authorized and of the Revised Versions have "spelt." This Hebrew word also occurs in Ezek. 4:9, where the Authorized Version has "fitches' (q.v.) and the Revised Version "spelt." This, there can be no doubt, was the Triticum spelta, a species of hard, rough-grained wheat. |
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