Rȳe, n.
(rī), n. [A-S. ryge, rige, Icel. rugr, Sw. rog, råg, Dan. rug, D. rogge, O. H. Ger. rocco, roggo, N. H. Ger. rocken, roggen, L. Lat. rogo, W. rhyg, Lith. ruggei, Russ. rozhj.]
Sense 1. (Bot.) A hardy plant (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the grain or fruit of this plant, which constitutes a large portion of the bread-stuff used by man.
Sense 2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth.
Wild rye, a high grass of various species of the genus Elymus, found in the United States.