Meaning of Rye | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).
2. A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
   countable, uncountable
3. A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7750).
4. The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
   countable, uncountable
5. A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.
6. Ellipsis of rye bread.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
7. A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
8. Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain.
   Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.
11. A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.
    Canada, US, countable
12. A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas.
13. Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
    broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
14. A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.
15. Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
    broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida.
17. A disease of hawks.
    countable, uncountable
18. A ghost town in Adair County, Missouri.
19. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
20. A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York.
21. A large town in Westchester County, New York.
22. A coastal suburb in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
23. A surname.
24. A nickname of the given name Ryan.

Equivalents

Examples

“They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.”

“This field will be planted to rye next spring.”

“Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?”

“He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.”

““Gimme a shot of rye.” The whiskey stung his throat hot and fragrant.”

“I bought a pint of rye at the liquor counter and carried it over to the stools and set it down on the cracked marble counter.”

“Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey ’n rye/Singin’, "This’ll be the day that I die."”

“I'll have a rye, neat, please.”

“It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.”

“And if it [vndeꝛ the peꝛch] be grene ſhe engenderith the Ry. The condicion of this euell is this, it wil ariſe in the hede and make the hede to ſwell, ⁊ the iyen all glaymous, and dyrke, and bot it haue helpe: it will downe in to the legges, and maake the legges to rancle, and if it goo fro the legges in to the hede a gayne, thi hawke is bot looſt.”

“Of all the diseases that belongs to these Hawkes, there bee onely three that they bee most subiect vnto, which is the Rye, the Crampe, and the Craye.”

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