Rye,

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {Secale cereale}]
       3: whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: {rye
          whiskey}, {rye whisky}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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