RYE, noun [This word is the English rough.]
1. An esculent grain of the genus Secale, of a quality inferior to wheat, but a species of grain easily cultivated, and constituting a large portion of bread stuff.
2. A disease in a hawk.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.