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rye

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q61670635}} A [[grain]] used extensively in Europe for making [[bread]], [[beer]], and (now generally) for animal fodder. {{defdate|from 8th c.}}
  2. {{senseid|en|Q12099}} The [[grass]] {{taxfmt|Secale cereale|species}} from which the grain is obtained. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  3. {{senseid|en|Q3893120}} {{lb|en|uncountable|countable}} {{ellipsis of|en|rye bread<id:Q3893120>}}.&nbsp;{{defdate|from 19th c.}}
  4. {{senseid|en|Q2535077}} {{lb|en|US|Canada|uncountable|countable}} {{ellipsis of|en|[[rye#Noun|rye]] [[whiskey]]}}, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain.<!--probably [[rye whiskey#English:_Q2535077|rye whiskey]] cannot pass [[WT:SoP]]-->&nbsp;{{defdate|from 19th c.}}
  5. {{senseid|en|one serving of Q2535077}} {{lb|en|US|Canada|countable}} A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.
  6. {{lb|en|loose|sometimes|proscribed}} [[caraway|Caraway]] {{non-gloss|(from the mistaken [[assumption]] that the [[whole]] seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)}}
  7. {{lb|en|loose|sometimes|proscribed}} [[ryegrass|Ryegrass]], any of the species of {{taxfmt|Lolium|genus}}.
  8. {{senseid|en|disease of hawks}} A [[disease]] of [[hawk]]s.
  9. {{lb|en|gypsy|_|slang}} A [[young]] [[man]].

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|small town/and/civil parish|in|dist/Rother|co/East Sussex|cc/England}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref TQ9220}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/east-sussex/rother/rye-parish.html Parish map (East Sussex)]</ref>
  2. {{place|en|hamlet|par/Odiham|dist/Hart|co/Hampshire|cc/England}} {{q|OS grid ref SU7750}}.
  3. {{place|en|river|co/North Yorkshire|cc/England}}, that flows through [[Ryedale]] to join the [[Derwent]].
  4. {{place|en|commune|in|dept/Jura|r/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté|c/France}}.
  5. {{place|en|number of places|c/USA}}:
  6. {{place|en|coastal suburb|in the|shire:Pref/Mornington Peninsula|s/Victoria|c/Australia}}.
  7. {{surname|en}}.
  8. ''A nickname of the given name [[Ryan]].''

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