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.

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.


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