Definition of rye

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Rye (n.) 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..

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Cinque Ports :: Cinque Ports () Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places..
Ergotized :: Ergotized (a.) Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye..
Cryer :: Cryer (n.) The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw..
Maslin :: Maslin (a.) Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat..
Grain :: Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively..
Warry :: Warry (v. t.) See Warye.
Foryelde :: Foryelde (v. t.) To repay; to requite.
Spurrer :: Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye..
Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..
Rie :: Rie (n.) See Rye.
Cornfield :: Cornfield (n.) A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn..
Bran :: Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain..
Dryer :: Dryer (n.) See Drier.
Pumpernickel :: Pumpernickel (n.) A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing..
Warye :: Warye (v. t.) To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex..
Rye :: Rye (n.) A disease in a hawk.
Secale :: Secale (n.) A genus of cereal grasses including rye.
Distill :: Distill (v. t.) To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc..
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping..
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