'Rye' definitions:
Definition of 'rye'
From: WordNet
noun
The seed of the cereal grass
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 [syn: rye, Secale cereale]
noun
Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky]
Definition of 'Rye'
From: GCIDE
- Rye \Rye\ (r[imac]), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rye'
From: Easton
- Rye =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.
Rye, NY -- U.S. city in New York
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Rye, NY -- U.S. city in New York
Population (2000) :
14955
Housing Units (2000) :
5559
Land area (2000) :
5.777305 sq. miles (14.963150 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
14.242459 sq. miles (36.887797 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
20.019764 sq. miles (51.850947 sq. km)
FIPS code :
64309
Located within :
New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location :
40.970451 N, 73.688435 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
10580
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Rye, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Rye, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000) :
202
Housing Units (2000) :
119
Land area (2000) :
0.100175 sq. miles (0.259451 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.100175 sq. miles (0.259451 sq. km)
FIPS code :
66895
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
37.921876 N, 104.929999 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
81069
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.