Rye
(Rye) n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. råg, 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 closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes
a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth.
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.
Rynd
(Rynd) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which
the stone is supported on the spindle.
Ryot
(Ry"ot) n. [Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah.]
A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [India]
The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world.
The
Nation. Rypophagous
(Ry*poph"a*gous) a. [Gr. "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.) Eating, or subsisting on,
filth.
Rys
(Rys) n. A branch. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Rysh
(Rysh) n. Rush, a plant. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Rysimeter
(Ry*sim"e*ter) n. See Rhysimeter.
Ryth
(Ryth) n. [Cf. AS. rið brook.] A ford. [Obs.]
Rytina
(||Ryt"i*na) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ryti`s a wrinkle.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied
to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); — called also Steller's sea cow.
[Written also Rhytina.]
It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Behring's Island, near Behring's Straits. It was twenty-five
feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and
flesh.
