rye

A cereal grass (Secale cereale) of cool climates, widely cultivated for its grain.

The grain of this plant, ground into flour or used in making whiskey and for livestock feed.

Rye bread.

Whiskey made from the grains of this plant.

A Romani man.

A disease in hawks which causes the head to swell.

A gentleman; a superior person: as, a Rommany rye.

The cereal plant Sccale cerealc, or its seeds.

In heraldry, a bearing representing a stalk of grain with the ear bending downward, thus distinguished from wheat, in which the ear is erect.

Whisky made from rye. [Colloq., U. S.]