Rye

rye
    n 1: the seed of the cereal grass
    2: 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}]
    3: whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: {rye}, {rye
       whiskey}, {rye whisky}]
    

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]
    

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, CO (town, FIPS 66895)
  Location: 37.92175 N, 104.93099 W
  Population (1990): 168 (110 housing units)
  Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 81069
Rye, NH
  Zip code(s): 03870
Rye, NY (city, FIPS 64309)
  Location: 40.95287 N, 73.68370 W
  Population (1990): 14936 (5616 housing units)
  Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 36.9 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 10580
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Rye, NY
    Rye
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Rye, CO
    Rye