rye

Pronunciation:		rI
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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

	Synonyms:	rye whiskey, rye whisky, Secale cereale

	See Also:	caryopsis, cereal, cereal grass, genus Secale, grain, rye, Secale, whiskey, whisky

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.

Dream Dictionary

	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.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	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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