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See Rye. [Obs.] Holland. Rie grass. (Bot.) (a) A kind of wild barley (Hordeum pratense). Dr. Prior. (b) Ray grass. Dr. Prior.

A rafter. [Obs.] Holland.

Hence, to scratch or tear. Holland.

A wrinkle; a rimple. [Obs.] Holland.

A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.

To whisper. [obs.] Shak. Holland. The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here" Calderwood.

th honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. Holland.

A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.

A ball. [Obs.] Holland.

f a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. Holland.

To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] Holland.

lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. Holland.

To have a smell. [Obs.] Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland.

Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.

Holland gin. [U.S.]

purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang.

To scumber. [Obs.] Holland.

A searce, or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.

To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] Holland.

Scent. [Obs.] Holland.