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y 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.

The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

See Drier. Sir W. Temple.

To repay; to requite. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To forget. [Obs.] Chaucer.

p. p. of Foryete. Chaucer.

Necromancy; magic. Sir W. Scott.

A series. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Thrice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

mn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also warrie, warry, and wary.] "Whom I thus blame and warye." Chaucer.

The year last past; last year.

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.

Embroidery. [Obs.] Of goldsmithrye, of browdying, and of steel. Chaucer.

h a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] -- Brown coal, wood coal. See Lignite. -- Brown hematite or Brown iron ore (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak.…

, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.

A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

chine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers. -- Cylinder escapement. See Escapement. -- Cylinder glass. See Glass. -- Cylinder mill. See Roller mill. -- Cylinder press. See Press.